Agnibite of inwit
Glossary term
/ˈæɡ.nɪ.baɪt əv ˈɪn.wɪt/
Also appears as: agenbite of inwit
Remorse; the inward bite of conscience. Ian Corby suffers a late and unfashionable attack.
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From the books (1 passage)
…of the events related in the previous chapter, an uncharacteristically disconsolate crow, withal a crow subject to the agenbite of inwit who, democratically dispensing with the services of Mr Jagtar Singh and the Mayoral charabanc, took wing from Perky Pets and flew back into the centre of our City. Following the contours of the Gloucester Road, he very promptly became aware of the great black cloud billowing into the sky.