L'esprit de l'escalier

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French

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Etymology

Lit. "staircase wit"; originally a witticism of Diderot in Paradoxe sur le Comédien.

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Noun phrase

l'esprit de l'escalier

  1. A devastating rejoinder thought of only after leaving the scene of the debate.
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