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posthumous
What does posthumous mean?
posthumous (adjective): occurring or coming into existence after a person's death.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use posthumous in a sentence?
- A posthumous award. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- A posthumous book. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- A posthumous daughter. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce posthumous?
/ˈpɑstʃʊməs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does posthumous come from?
From Latin posthumus, a variant spelling of postumus, superlative form of posterus (“coming after”), the ⟨h⟩ added by association with humus (“ground, earth”) referring to burial.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “posthumous” mean?
full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry
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inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
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occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
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marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
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