Postfuneral

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    After a funeral. not-comparable

    "It used to be known as the “John Garfield Still Dead” syndrome, after the extensive postfuneral coverage of a movie star who had a fatal heart attack in 1952 in the bed of a woman other than his wife."

Example

More examples

"It used to be known as the “John Garfield Still Dead” syndrome, after the extensive postfuneral coverage of a movie star who had a fatal heart attack in 1952 in the bed of a woman other than his wife."

Etymology

From post- + funeral.

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