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Added 9 October 2026

posthumous

/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃʊ.məs/ adjective

Latin root: posthumus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about posthumous at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Occurring or coming into existence after a person's death.
a posthumous award

Origin

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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