Pronounced: far-SUHR, noun
Notes: You may be able to guess one of the definitions
Yesterday’s phrase
The phrase ex post means, as an adjective, “based on past events; actual, rather then predicted”. As an adverb, it means “retrospectively”
First usage
Our phrase came into English in the 1930s
Background / Comments
I don’t know if I new our phrase was a thing; I am used to the phrase “ex post facto” (literally, ‘after the fact’ – retroactively). Our phrase came from the two Lain words ex (from) and post (after).
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