post-obituaryadj.
/ˌpəʊstəˈbɪtʃʊəri/, /ˌpəʊstəˈbɪtʃ(ᵿ)ri/, U.S. /ˌpoʊstəˈbɪtʃəˌwɛri/; see also obituary n. and adj. Now rare.† 1. Taking effect or payable after a person's death; = post-obit n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > life > death > [adjective] > taking effect after death
post-obit bond1791
post-obituary1816
1816 J. Bentham Extract Constit. Code: Official Aptitude Maximized 15 Pensions, payable to any..relative of the functionary, on his decease. These may be styled post-obituary, or post-obit pensions.
2. Taking place or done after death; post-mortem.
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the world > life > death > [adjective] > before or after death
posthume1598
posthumous1608
posthumeda1661
after-death1680
post-mortuary1791
post-mortem1816
post-obit1822
post-obituary1822
pre-mortem1892
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 223 Abundantly established by post-obituary examinations.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. ii. 93 A triple gradation of post-obituary existence, proportioned to the character of each race whilst alive.
1861 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 28 Dec. 285/1 The post-obituary accommodation of fradulent contractors, on their removal from this vale of tears and tatters.
1954 Rev. Eng. Stud. 5 285 Spenser is ‘so infuriatingly normal’ as to be neither reducible to a psychological case nor a good subject for imaginative biography or post-obituary emotionalism.
1999 D. Mahon Coll. Poems 264 Already rock stars have their names out there in post-obituary orbit for all time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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