Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - posthumous
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Posthumous is used to describe something that happens after a person’s death but relates to something they did before they died. ...the posthumous publication of his first novel. ADJ: usu ADJ n • posthumously After the war she was posthumously awarded the George Cross. ADV: ADV with v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Latin posthumus, alteration of postumus late-born, ~, from superlative of posterus coming after — more at posterior Date: 1619 1. born after the death of the father 2. published after the death of the author 3. following or occurring after death ~ fame • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 occurring after death. 2 (of a child) born after the death of its father. 3 (of a book etc.) published after the author's death. Derivatives posthumously adv. Etymology: L postumus last (superl. f. post after): in LL posth- by assoc. with humus ground ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. посмертный posthumous fame —- посмертная слава posthumous edition —- посмертное издание 2. рожденный после смерти отца ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- mid-15c., "born after the death of the originator" (author or father), from L.L. posthumus, from L. postumus "last, last-born," superlative of posterus "coming after, subsequent." Altered in L.L. by association with L. humare "to bury," suggesting death; the one born after the father's death obviously being the last. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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