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POSTHUMOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does posthumous mean?
• POSTHUMOUS (adjective)
The adjective POSTHUMOUS has 1 sense:
1. occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
Familiarity information: POSTHUMOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
Context example:
a posthumous daughter
Similar:
late (being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time)
Context examples
I was a posthumous child.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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