Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Posthumous
posthumous, adj. [L. postumus, last, late-born, posthumous; in Late L. written posthumus through erroneous attribution to humus, earth or humÄre, to bury.]
- After death; subsequent to burial; in the grave.
- Post-mortal; celestial; heavenly.
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