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Wiktionary
- n. alternative form of l'esprit de l'escalier.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a witty remark that occurs to you too late
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
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Tricky Words from French
Loanwords from French -- both established and wet behind the ears -- that are tricky to spell or pronounce properly.
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Loan words from French
gite, coq au vin, dernier cri, clique, hors d'œuvre, touché, naïve, coquette, bourgeois, contretemps, flâneur, film noir and 63 more...
chained_bear See also the conversation on l'esprit de l'escalier and esprit d'escalier. Mar 2, 2009
jmjarmstrong JM thought of the perfect response after he'd left the room - he should have said "esprit de l'escalier, to you sir!" Feb 1, 2009
sionnach See also esprit d'escalier Dec 7, 2008