afterwit

== English == === Alternative forms === after-wit === Etymology === From after- +‎ wit. === Noun === afterwit (countable and uncountable, plural afterwits) Wisdom which comes after the event. 1692, Roger L’Estrange (translator), Fables of Æsop, London: R. Sare et al., Fable 162, “A Nightingale and a Bat,”[2] There’s No Recalling of what’s Gone and Past; so that After-Wit comes too Late when the Mischief is Done. The lack of forethought. Antonym: forewit A good comeback, retort one thinks of only after the end of discussion or after leaving a social gathering. Synonyms: l'esprit de l'escalier, staircase wit, (neologism) retrotort === Anagrams === waterfit