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esprit d'escalier definition

es·prit d'es·ca·lier (es prē des kȧ lyā′)

clever repartee one thinks of too late

Etymology: Fr, wit of the staircase

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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