| posthumous | (adj) occurring or coming into existence after a person's death, Example: a posthumous award; a posthumous book; a posthumous daughter |
| posthumous birth | (n) birth of a child after the father has died |
| posthumous birth | (n) birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother |
| posthumously | (adv) after death, Example: these piano pieces were published posthumously; he was honored posthumously |
| Posthumous | a. [ L. posthumus, postumus, properly, last; hence, late born (applied to children born after the father's death, or after he had made his will), superl. of posterus, posterior. See Posterior. ] |
| Posthumously | adv. In a posthumous manner; after one's decease. [ 1913 Webster ] |