posthumous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: post=hu=mous

CIDE DICTIONARY

posthumous, a. [L. posthumus, postumus, properly, last; hence, late born (applied to children born after the father's death, or after he had made his will), superl. of posterus, posterior. See Posterior.].

•  Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.  [1913 Webster]
•  Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works; a posthumous edition.  [1913 Webster]
•  Being or continuing after one's death; as, a posthumous reputation.  Addison. Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

posthumous, adj.
1 occurring after death.
2 (of a child) born after the death of its father.
3 (of a book etc.) published after the author's death.

Derivative

posthumously adv.

Etymology

L postumus last (superl. f. post after): in LL posth- by assoc. with humus ground

THESAURUS

posthumous

after the Fall, after the flood, after the war, after-dinner, afterdeath, delayed, late, post-obit, postbellum, postcenal, postcibal, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, postlapsarian, postmortal, postmortem, postmortuary, postmundane, postobituary, postprandial, postwar, retarded

ROGET THESAURUS

posthumous

Posteriority

N posteriority, succession, sequence, following, subsequence, supervention, futurity, successor, sequel, remainder, reversion, subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious, postnate, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, puisne, posthumous, future, afterdinner, postprandial, subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later, at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date, next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons, from that time, from that moment, after a while, after a time, in process of time.

Lateness

N lateness, tardiness, delay, delation, cunctation, procrastination, deferring, deferral, postponement, adjournment, prorogation, retardation, respite, pause, reprieve, stay of execution, protraction, prolongation, Fabian policy, medecine expectante, chancery suit, federal case, leeway, high time, moratorium, holdover, late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine, belated, postliminious, posthumous, backward, unpunctual, untimely, delayed, postponed, dilatory, delayed, in abeyance, late, lateward, backward, late in the day, at sunset, at the eleventh hour, at length, at last, ultimately, after time, behind time, after the deadline, too late, too late for, slowly, leisurely, deliberately, at one's leisure, ex post facto, sine die, nonum prematur in annum, against the sunbeams serotine and lucent, ie meglio tardi che mai, deliberando saepe perit occasio.