posttrial

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adjective

Following the end of a trial

OriginEnglish trial ← Middle English trial ← Anglo-Norman trial →
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Meanings

adjectiveposttrial (not comparable)

alternative post-trial

  1. not comparablelawFollowing the end of a trial

    Baker notes only that Robert "saw his mother only once" after their posttrial estrangement[…].

    1988 January 8, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Last Among First Ladies”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Old Frenchtrier
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Anglo-Normantrial
  11. Middle Englishtrial
  12. Englishtrial
  13. Englishposttrial

From post- + trial.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

posttrial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posttrial

MLA

“posttrial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posttrial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “posttrial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posttrial.

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