Dictionary entry overview: What does posthumously mean? â¢ POSTHUMOUSLY (adverb) The adverb POSTHUMOUSLY has 1 sense: 1. after death Familiarity information: POSTHUMOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
crescent-any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters. curve, curved shape-the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes.. a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends. 2. something, as a cookie, having this shape. 3. the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling such a shape. 4. shaped like a crescent.
Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole(noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint. 2  ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring(noun) a toroidal shape. 3  halo(noun) a circle of light around the sun or moon.