posthumous.
After the death of someone.
Meaning & usage
After the death of someone.
Taking place after one's own death.
Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy.
In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive.
In reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
Born after the death of one's father.
Posthumous orphans never even knew their fathers.
Where this word comes 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.
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