Posthumous
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 死后的; 遗腹的
- ［英］ adj. 死后的 ( following or occurring after death) ; 遗腹的 ( born after the death of the father)
- ［记］ post ( 后) +hum ( 土) +ous -> 入土以后 -> 死后的
- ［例］ a posthumous child
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Latin posthumus, alteration of postumus late-born, posthumous, 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 <posthumous fame>
- ? posthumously adverb
- ? posthumousness noun
