posthumous
adjective/ˈpɒstʃəməs/
/ˈpɑːstʃəməs/
[usually before noun]- happening, done, published, etc. after a person has died
- a posthumous award for bravery
- A posthumous collection of her work has just been published.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPosthumous is used with these nouns:- fame
- pardon
- publication
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin postumus ‘last’ (superlative from post ‘after’), in late Latin spelled posth- by association with humus ‘ground’.
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