Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

After-wit

After-wit (#) , noun

Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.

After-wit comes too late when the mischief is done. — L'Estrange

Text from the public-domain GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, derived from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). Definitions marked with were added by later GCIDE contributors and are not in the original 1913 edition.

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