posthumousadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpɒstʃᵿməs/,

/ˈpɒstjᵿməs/, U.S.

/ˈpɑstʃəməs/,

/pɑˈst(j)uməs/

Forms: 1600s– posthumous, 1700s 1900s– postumous (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin posthumus , postumus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin posthumus, alteration (by folk-etymological association with either humus earth (see humus n.) or (as explained by Servius) humāre to bury (see humation n.)) of classical Latin postumus (adjective) last, last-born, born after the father's death, (noun) child born after the father's death (earliest attested as a personal name; < post after (see post- prefix) + -mus (see -mo suffix, -most suffix), as superlative corresponding to posterus later, next: see postero- comb. form) + -ous suffix. With the adjective compare earlier posthume adj., posthumial adj., posthumus adj. With the noun compare earlier posthume n., posthumus n.In form postumous after the classical Latin form.

A. adj.

1. Of an action, reputation, etc.: occurring, arising, or continuing after death.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [adjective] > before or after death

posthume1598

posthumous1608

posthumeda1661

after-death1680

post-mortuary1791

post-mortem1816

post-obit1822

post-obituary1822

pre-mortem1892

1608 Bp. J. King Serm. 5 Nov. 37 A posthumous, penitent confession (after the conspirators were most of them dead, and almost rotten) of one of the complices themselues.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. v. 164 For he that was buried with the bones of Elisha, by a Posthumous miracle of that Prophet, recovered his life by lodging with such a grave-fellow.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 26 Our posthumous Life,..may not be intirely beginning anew; but going on.

1799 J. Mackintosh Disc. Study Law of Nature & Nations 14 So great is the uncertainty of posthumous reputation, and so liable is the fame even of the greatest men to be obscured by..new fashions of thinking and writing.

1808 R. Southey Let. to C. W. W. Wynn II. 50 It was well we should be contented with posthumous fame, but impossible to be so with posthumous bread and cheese.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 77 He had begged that his body might be burned without posthumous insults.

1966 P. Larkin in Crit. Q. 8 174 Hardy's reputation has not taken the accustomed posthumous dip: his books have continued to sell.

1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory x. 404 The nullity is..not a logically independent and separately prescribed penalty for failing properly to activate the facility, offered by the legal system, of determining the posthumous disposition of one's estate.

2. Of a child: born after the death of its father. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > born after the death of its father

posthume1590

posthumial1605

posthumous1640

posthumate1684

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > posthumous

after-bornOE

posthumusa1522

posthume1590

posthumial1605

posthumous1640

posthumate1684

1640 J. Dyke in J. Dyke Right Receiving of Christ Ep. to Rdr. sig. A10^v Which..made mee..afford my obstetricatory assistance to this Posthumus Infant.

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 224 He [sc. Ben Jonson]..was Posthumous, being born a Month after his Father's Death.

1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 2 North-America this posthumous birth of time.

1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 110. ⁋6 Some Posthumous Children, that bore no Resemblance to their elder Brethren.

1774 S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Civil Law ii. vi. 36 The birth of a Posthumous Son or Daughter..would regularly have voided the Will of a Parent, which was good at the time when made.

1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 558 The statute of King William, which puts posthumous children on the same footing with children born in the lifetime of their ancestor.

a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xxviii. 257 Lady Chambers..waited for her confinement, my Mother and I standing Godmothe[r]s to the poor posthumous child.

1870 B. Disraeli Lothair I. ii. 7 Lothair was the little boy whom the Duchess remembered. He was a posthumous child, and soon lost a devoted mother.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 5 Apr. 10/1 Miss Robb..was the posthumous child of Captain Robb,..and was put on the State pension-roll at birth.

1988 T. Ferris Coming of Age in Milky Way (1989) i. vi. 104 Newton was an only child, the posthumous son of an illiterate yeoman.

3. Of a book or writing: published after the death of the author.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > publishing > [adjective] > published after death of author

posthume1611

posthumary1652

posthumous1668

1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. Pref. sig. a j^v It is a Posthumous work, which never underwent the last Hand or Pensil of the judicious Author.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 28 There is a Posthumous piece extant, imputed to Cartes.

a1722 J. Toland Epsom in Coll. Pieces (1726) ii. 113 In the posthumous edition of Dr. Gales's Annotations..it will be found there were Roman Garrisons..at Burrough.

1765 D. Garrick Let. 4 May (1963) II. 458 In my legacy to future Managers & Players (a posthumous work) I have laid it down..that no Coxcomb can be a theatrical Genius.

1797 E. Burke Third Let. Peace Regicide Directory France 35 What plea..can be alledged, after the treaty was dead and gone, in favour of this posthumous declaration?

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. ix. 52 The posthumous volumes appeared in considerable intervals.

1861 W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower vi. 252 That I can write tragedy, plays of mine (of which envious managers never could be got to see the merit) I think will prove, when they appear in my posthumous works.

1968 Brain 91 50 In a posthumous article, Coghill..reviewed the mass or spinal reflexes in relation to the ontogenetic development of behaviour.

1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 June 33/4 Abbey's marvelous posthumous novel of environmental sabotage, hard-core hiking and the beauty of red rock canyons.

†B. n.

A posthumous child. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > posthumous child

posthume1569

posthumus1629

posthumousa1648

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 9 My brother Thomas was a Posthumous..born some weeks after his Father's death.

1696 S. Sewall Diary 25 Dec. (1973) I. 364 The Coffins of my dear Father Hull, Mother Hull, Cousin Quinsey, and my Six Children: for the little posthumous was now took up and set in upon that that stands on John's.

1718 S. Sewall Diary 19 Mar. (1973) II. 890 Marry Sam. Badcock, a posthumous, and Martha Healy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	posthumous
释义	posthumousadj.n. Brit. /ˈpɒstʃᵿməs/, /ˈpɒstjᵿməs/, U.S. /ˈpɑstʃəməs/, /pɑˈst(j)uməs/ Forms: 1600s– posthumous, 1700s 1900s– postumous (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin posthumus , postumus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin posthumus, alteration (by folk-etymological association with either humus earth (see humus n.) or (as explained by Servius) humāre to bury (see humation n.)) of classical Latin postumus (adjective) last, last-born, born after the father's death, (noun) child born after the father's death (earliest attested as a personal name; < post after (see post- prefix) + -mus (see -mo suffix, -most suffix), as superlative corresponding to posterus later, next: see postero- comb. form) + -ous suffix. With the adjective compare earlier posthume adj., posthumial adj., posthumus adj. With the noun compare earlier posthume n., posthumus n.In form postumous after the classical Latin form. A. adj. 1. Of an action, reputation, etc.: occurring, arising, or continuing after death. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [adjective] > before or after death posthume1598 posthumous1608 posthumeda1661 after-death1680 post-mortuary1791 post-mortem1816 post-obit1822 post-obituary1822 pre-mortem1892 1608 Bp. J. King Serm. 5 Nov. 37 A posthumous, penitent confession (after the conspirators were most of them dead, and almost rotten) of one of the complices themselues. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. v. 164 For he that was buried with the bones of Elisha, by a Posthumous miracle of that Prophet, recovered his life by lodging with such a grave-fellow. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 26 Our posthumous Life,..may not be intirely beginning anew; but going on. 1799 J. Mackintosh Disc. Study Law of Nature & Nations 14 So great is the uncertainty of posthumous reputation, and so liable is the fame even of the greatest men to be obscured by..new fashions of thinking and writing. 1808 R. Southey Let. to C. W. W. Wynn II. 50 It was well we should be contented with posthumous fame, but impossible to be so with posthumous bread and cheese. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 77 He had begged that his body might be burned without posthumous insults. 1966 P. Larkin in Crit. Q. 8 174 Hardy's reputation has not taken the accustomed posthumous dip: his books have continued to sell. 1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory x. 404 The nullity is..not a logically independent and separately prescribed penalty for failing properly to activate the facility, offered by the legal system, of determining the posthumous disposition of one's estate. 2. Of a child: born after the death of its father. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > born after the death of its father posthume1590 posthumial1605 posthumous1640 posthumate1684 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > posthumous after-bornOE posthumusa1522 posthume1590 posthumial1605 posthumous1640 posthumate1684 1640 J. Dyke in J. Dyke Right Receiving of Christ Ep. to Rdr. sig. A10^v Which..made mee..afford my obstetricatory assistance to this Posthumus Infant. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 224 He [sc. Ben Jonson]..was Posthumous, being born a Month after his Father's Death. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 2 North-America this posthumous birth of time. 1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 110. ⁋6 Some Posthumous Children, that bore no Resemblance to their elder Brethren. 1774 S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Civil Law ii. vi. 36 The birth of a Posthumous Son or Daughter..would regularly have voided the Will of a Parent, which was good at the time when made. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 558 The statute of King William, which puts posthumous children on the same footing with children born in the lifetime of their ancestor. a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xxviii. 257 Lady Chambers..waited for her confinement, my Mother and I standing Godmothe[r]s to the poor posthumous child. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair I. ii. 7 Lothair was the little boy whom the Duchess remembered. He was a posthumous child, and soon lost a devoted mother. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 5 Apr. 10/1 Miss Robb..was the posthumous child of Captain Robb,..and was put on the State pension-roll at birth. 1988 T. Ferris Coming of Age in Milky Way (1989) i. vi. 104 Newton was an only child, the posthumous son of an illiterate yeoman. 3. Of a book or writing: published after the death of the author. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > publishing > [adjective] > published after death of author posthume1611 posthumary1652 posthumous1668 1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. Pref. sig. a j^v It is a Posthumous work, which never underwent the last Hand or Pensil of the judicious Author. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 28 There is a Posthumous piece extant, imputed to Cartes. a1722 J. Toland Epsom in Coll. Pieces (1726) ii. 113 In the posthumous edition of Dr. Gales's Annotations..it will be found there were Roman Garrisons..at Burrough. 1765 D. Garrick Let. 4 May (1963) II. 458 In my legacy to future Managers & Players (a posthumous work) I have laid it down..that no Coxcomb can be a theatrical Genius. 1797 E. Burke Third Let. Peace Regicide Directory France 35 What plea..can be alledged, after the treaty was dead and gone, in favour of this posthumous declaration? 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. ix. 52 The posthumous volumes appeared in considerable intervals. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower vi. 252 That I can write tragedy, plays of mine (of which envious managers never could be got to see the merit) I think will prove, when they appear in my posthumous works. 1968 Brain 91 50 In a posthumous article, Coghill..reviewed the mass or spinal reflexes in relation to the ontogenetic development of behaviour. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 June 33/4 Abbey's marvelous posthumous novel of environmental sabotage, hard-core hiking and the beauty of red rock canyons. †B. n. A posthumous child. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > posthumous child posthume1569 posthumus1629 posthumousa1648 a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 9 My brother Thomas was a Posthumous..born some weeks after his Father's death. 1696 S. Sewall Diary 25 Dec. (1973) I. 364 The Coffins of my dear Father Hull, Mother Hull, Cousin Quinsey, and my Six Children: for the little posthumous was now took up and set in upon that that stands on John's. 1718 S. Sewall Diary 19 Mar. (1973) II. 890 Marry Sam. Badcock, a posthumous, and Martha Healy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1608
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