Posthumous is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for POSTHUMOUS in dictionary:

ADJECTIVE:
• taking place after death
• occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator
• (of a child) born after the death of its father
• Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.
• Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works; a posthumous edition.
• Being or continuing after one\'s death; as, a posthumous reputation.
• occurring or coming into existence after a person\'s death
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• born after the death of the father

Words related to POSTHUMOUS

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Words that contain POSTHUMOUS

posthumously22 posthumousness21 posthumousnesse22 posthumousnesses23

How to use POSTHUMOUS in a sentence

• Joseph Death of Saint Theresa Writings of Saint Theresa Her submission to authority Her independence Compared with Madame Guyon Her posthumous influence MADAME DE MAINTENON.
• In Green Rooms, impervious to mortal eye, the muse beholds thee wielding posthumous empire.
• It arose out of the posthumous attack of Harvey upon Robert Greene, of which sufficient mention has been made elsewhere.
• I do honestly believe, that, if it were not for a little too much false modesty, every author, and especially the poets, would boldly and publicly anticipate posthumous fame.
• The epistle contains, among other striking passages, the affecting charge of the care of his posthumous fame, which Congreve did not forget when Dryden was no more.
• Ladislaus Posthumous, so-called in consequence of his birth after the death of his father, was then but six years of age.
• The little spice of ambition which I had in my younger days has long since evaporated, and I set still less store by a posthumous than present name.
• Posthumous Papers of the Wonderful Discovery Club, formerly of Camden Town.
• There was also published a posthumous supplement to the fifth volume, the manuscript of which was found among his papers after his death.
• If this be so, the reference to the lady in his posthumous note contained some relation to the truth, though if taken too literally it would be misleading.
• DEATH OF LORD CHATHAM, AND POSTHUMOUS HONOURS TO HIS MEMORY.
• The future Lady Byron, taking as a deliberate insult any doubts of the identity and authority of her posthumous spouse, threw up her arms in horror, and trotted out of the house.
• The song selected for the present work is the most happy effort in his posthumous volume.
• The youngest brother made some sad reflections on his posthumous birth, and on the course of his childhood, and then cast forth his rock like a bird, or like a ship in a storm.
• The posthumous history of Francis of Assisi affords a striking illustration of this strange tendency towards polytheism.
• Like Joubert, whose journal resembled his own in its posthumous publication, his reflections will live by their weight, their quality, their beauty of form.
• The posthumous letters calculated to give comfort, and not to reproach.
• Norton has communicated to the family the posthumous letter sent her.
• I send you back the copies of the posthumous letters.
• On The Birth Of A Posthumous Child Born in peculiar circumstances of family distress.
• We followed with deep interest the discussion raised by the publication of his posthumous works.
• This imputed and posthumous fortune is the only happiness they have.
• The good opinion of posterity can have no possible effect on our fortunes, and the practical value which reputation may temporarily have is quite absent in posthumous fame.
• He might also find his friends again, which in somewhat generous minds is perhaps the thought that chiefly sustains interest in a posthumous existence.
• It had accepted the theory of murder and hastily conferred posthumous honours on the deceased magistrate.
• To these is now first added the fine portrait of Mr Roby from the posthumous volume.
• No preference could be shewn, no posthumous reward could be given for general good-conduct or filial respect.
• Posthumous reputation, however desirable it may be thought, is of no service to the person whom it follows.
• All the same, he waited for the reading of the will with some perturbation, for the suggested secrecy hinted at some posthumous revenge on the part of the dead man.

Similar words containing HUMOU without suffix s and without prefix post

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