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anthumous

anthumous adjective: published during the author's lifetime.

Adjective

anthumous (not comparable)

  1. Published during the author's lifetime

Synonyms of anthumous

Antonyms

Origin of anthumous

Formed by analogy with posthumous, replacing the prefix post- by its antonym ant-.

Words formed from anthumous

Questions about anthumous

What does anthumous mean?
Anthumous means published during the author's lifetime.
What part of speech is anthumous?
Anthumous is an adjective.

Words near anthumous in the dictionary

  1. anthrozoologist
  2. anthrozoologists
  3. anthrozoology
  4. anthryl
  5. anthryls
  6. anthumous
  7. anthumously
  8. anthuria
  9. anthurid
  10. anthurids
  11. anthurium

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