英语词汇“latter wit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

latter wit n. English regional (chiefly Yorkshire) wisdom, a witty remark, etc., which occurs to a person after the event, typically too late to be of use; cf. after-wit n. 2, esprit de l'escalier n. at esprit n. 2c.In quot. 1750 as the name of a character.

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1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 35. ⁋5 Thriftless and Latterwit, two smart fellows.]

1872 J. Hartley Orig. Illuminated Clock Almanack 47 (heading) Latter wit.

1886 J. Hartley Yorks. Tales 2nd Ser. 52 Aw allus do begin thinkin when it's too lat, for awm like mooast Yorksher fowk, awm troubled wi' latter wit.

1908 G. Seagram Bushmen All iii. 31 Being blessed—as befitted a Wiltshire lad—with ‘latter’ wit himself, he always knew what he ought to have said, when the opportunity for so doing had gone.

1963 E. M. Wilkinson In Praise of Aesthetics 12 The only kind of wit with which I am blessed is what we in the North call ‘latter wit’ (‘to be gifted with latter wit’, as we say, is the best equivalent I know for avoir l'esprit de l'escalier).

单词	latter wit
释义	> as lemmas latter wit latter wit n. English regional (chiefly Yorkshire) wisdom, a witty remark, etc., which occurs to a person after the event, typically too late to be of use; cf. after-wit n. 2, esprit de l'escalier n. at esprit n. 2c.In quot. 1750 as the name of a character. ΚΠ 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 35. ⁋5 Thriftless and Latterwit, two smart fellows.] 1872 J. Hartley Orig. Illuminated Clock Almanack 47 (heading) Latter wit. 1886 J. Hartley Yorks. Tales 2nd Ser. 52 Aw allus do begin thinkin when it's too lat, for awm like mooast Yorksher fowk, awm troubled wi' latter wit. 1908 G. Seagram Bushmen All iii. 31 Being blessed—as befitted a Wiltshire lad—with ‘latter’ wit himself, he always knew what he ought to have said, when the opportunity for so doing had gone. 1963 E. M. Wilkinson In Praise of Aesthetics 12 The only kind of wit with which I am blessed is what we in the North call ‘latter wit’ (‘to be gifted with latter wit’, as we say, is the best equivalent I know for avoir l'esprit de l'escalier). extracted from latteradj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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