posthumousness


post·hu·mous

P0470700 (pŏs′chə-məs)adj.1. Occurring or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award.2. Published after the writer's death: a posthumous book.3. Born after the death of the father: a posthumous child.
[Middle English posthumus, from Late Latin, alteration (perhaps influenced by Latin humus, earth or humāre, to bury) of postumus, superlative of posterus, coming after; see posterior.]
post′hu·mous·ly adv.post′hu·mous·ness n.

posthumousness

(ˈpɒstjʊməsnəs) nthe fact of being posthumous