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post festum

post festum adverb: after the fact; too late.

Adverb

post festum (not comparable)

  1. After the fact; too late.

Origin of post festum

Latin post (“after”) + festum (“feast”).

Questions about post festum

What does post festum mean?
Post festum means after the fact; too late.
What part of speech is post festum?
Post festum is an adverb.

Words near post festum in the dictionary

  1. post counts
  2. post Covid
  3. post day
  4. post days
  5. post factum
  6. post festum
  7. post game
  8. post games
  9. Post Gazette
  10. post hanger
  11. post hangers

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