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posthumous

post·hu·mous [ póschəməss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. after somebody's death: occurring after somebody's death

2. published after death: published or printed after the author's death

3. born after father's death: born after the death of the father
a posthumous heir

[Early 17th century. < late Latin posthumus, alteration (after medieval Latin humare "bury") of Latin postumus "last" < posterus (see posterior)]

post·hu·mous·ly adverb
post·hu·mous·ness noun
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