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The thinking of an idea or course of action too late to use it effectively, or the…The thinking of an idea or course of action too late to use it effectively, or the tendency to do so.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, rare, uncountable)The thinking of an idea or course of action too late to use it effectively, or the tendency to do so.
Origin
Calque of French esprit de l'escalier.Calque of French esprit de l'escalier.
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Synonyms
3 synonymsafterwitl'esprit de l'escalier(neologism) retrotort
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedshower thought
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable