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Posthumous

Adjective

Definitions

1.AdjectiveAfter the death of someone.
2.AdjectiveTaking place after one's own death.
"Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy."
3.AdjectiveIn reference to a work, published after the author's death.
"His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive."
4.AdjectiveIn reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
5.AdjectiveBorn after the death of one's father.
"Posthumous orphans never even knew their fathers."
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