posthumous
/ˈpɑs.t͡ʃə.məs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Taking place after one's own death.
adj
In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
Example Sentences
- "The most favorable posthumous history the stay-at-home traitor can hope for is—oblivion."
- "Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy."
- "His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive."
- "Eight posthumous albums have been released to date – two more than the man managed in his lifetime – often with conspiracy-baiting titles such as Still I Rise and Tupac Resurrection."
- "Posthumous orphans never even knew their fathers."
Etymology
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: posthumus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑs.t͡ʃə.məs/
- British English: /ˈpɒs.t͡ʃʊ.məs/