ˈafterˌwitted,a. Wise when too late; wanting forethought. c1536Tindale Exp. Matt. vi. (L), Our fashions of eating make us slothful..afterwitted (as we call it), uncircumspect, inconsiderate, heady, rash.1656Trapp Exp. Matt. xxv. 2 (1868) 253/1 The most imprudent, improvident, after-witted.