what does posthumous mean?

Answer 1

"after death" but usually it's something that occurs to you after you die. For example, Aaliyah won an award after her tragic plane accident...the award was posthumous

Answer 2

Define Posthumously

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Adjective:
Occurring or done after death.
The word posthumous is associated with death, both in meaning and in form. Our word goes back to the Latin word postumus, meaning “last born, born after the death of one's father, born after the making of a will,” and “last, final.” Postumus was largely used with respect to events occurring after death but not exclusively so, since the word was simply one of the superlative forms of the adverb post, “subsequently, afterward.” Because of its use in connection with death, however, later Latin writers decided that the last part of the word must have to do with humus, “earth,” or humāre, “to bury,” and began spelling the word posthumus. This form of the Latin word was borrowed into English, being first recorded in a work composed before 1464. Perhaps the most telling use of the word appears in the poet Robert Southey's comment on the rewards of an author: “It was well we should be contented with posthumous fame, but impossible to be so with posthumous bread and cheese.”

Answer 5

Word History: The word posthumous is associated with death, both in meaning and in form. Our word goes back to the Latin word postumus, meaning “last born, born after the death of one's father, born after the making of a will,” and “last, final.” Postumus was largely used with respect to events occurring after death but not exclusively so, since the word was simply one of the superlative forms of the adverb post, “subsequently, afterward.” Because of its use in connection with death, however, later Latin writers decided that the last part of the word must have to do with humus, “earth,” or humre, “to bury,” and began spelling the word posthumus. This form of the Latin word was borrowed into English, being first recorded in a work composed before 1464. Perhaps the most telling use of the word appears in the poet Robert Southey's comment on the rewards of an author: “It was well we should be contented with posthumous fame, but impossible to be so with posthumous bread and cheese.”

Answer 6

Strictly speaking it means after death, so if someone who dies is given an award, it is said to be given posthumously, many gallantry medals were awarded in this fashion as the person who gained the award could well be killed in doing the act he was rewarded for.

Answer 7

It means 'after death', as in posthumous pardon of a prisoner who's conviction was overturned after that had died or the posthumous awarding of a war medal to a solder who had died in a war etc.

Answer 8

posthumous means 'after death'. Like a child born to a mother after the father is dead is referred to as a posthumous child.

Answer 9

Posthumous means after death.

Posthumous works are those published after the death of the author. Many examples exist; see list of works published posthumously.
A father's posthumous children are those born after his death. The name Posthumous or Postumus was sometimes given to children born after the death of their father.
Posthumous is a character in Shakespeare's play, Cymbeline.
In many cultures, sovereigns are given new names honoring them after death. These names are known as posthumous names.
Posthumous honors are those bestowed after the death of the person honored.
Military decorations are sometimes given to persons who have died in combat. Generally, death is not a bar to receiving such decorations, and meritorious soldiers often die in the course of their meritorious service.
Some awards can only be made posthumously. For example, in many republics, effigies of heads of state may appear on currency only posthumously.
Some awards, such as the Nobel Prize, are famously known for not being able to be awarded posthumously.
The Darwin Awards are, by their nature, usually granted posthumously, although death is not per se a mandatory qualification. (The recipient of the award is required to have rendered him or herself unable to reproduce, death being the usual means of achieving this.)
In Roman Catholicism, recognition of a person as a saint or as a Doctor of the Church is always posthumous.
Posthumous pardons or acquittals can be issued if a wrongful conviction is discovered after the death or execution of the convict(s), to clear their record.

Answer 10

post•hu•mous

Pronunciation: (pos'chu-mus, -choo-), [key]
—adj.
1. arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
2. published after the death of the author: a posthumous novel.
3. born after the death of the father.