Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by after-wit; circumspect when it is too late.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.
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Examples
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Indeed, it was hardly more than that time before both Carl Olsen, who worked in the same furniture factory as Kurt Lieders, and was a comely and after-witted giant, appeared with Mrs. Olsen ready for the street.
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Indeed, it was hardly more than that time before both Carl Olsen, who worked in the same furniture factory as Kurt Lieders, and was a comely and after-witted giant, appeared with Mrs. Olsen ready for the street.
Stories of a Western Town Octave Thanet 1892
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In England a person who has failed in this way often confesses to being after-witted.
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