ESPRIT DE L'ESCALIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does esprit de l'escalier mean? 

• ESPRIT DE L'ESCALIER (noun)
  The noun ESPRIT DE L'ESCALIER has 1 sense:

1. a witty remark that occurs to you too late

  Familiarity information: ESPRIT DE L'ESCALIER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESPRIT DE L'ESCALIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A witty remark that occurs to you too late

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("esprit de l'escalier" is a kind of...):

humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)