postumous

Adjective

posthumous (not comparable)

1. After the death of someone.
   • The most favorable posthumous history the stay-at-home traitor can hope for is—oblivion.1885, Ulysses S. Grant, “Chapter IV”, in The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, New York, United States: Charles L. Webster & Co., page 68
2. Taking place after one's own death.
   • Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy.
3. In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
   • His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive.
4. In reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
5. (originally) Born after the death of one's father.
   • Posthumous orphans never even knew their fathers.