- Sophronistēres
Sophronistēres (Sophronesteres), die Weisheitszähne, s.u. Zähne.
Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.
Sophronistēres (Sophronesteres), die Weisheitszähne, s.u. Zähne.
Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.
wisdom — O.E. wisdom, from wis (see WISE (Cf. wise) (adj.)) + DOM (Cf. dom). A common Gmc. compound (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. wisdom, O.N. visdomr, O.H.G. wistuom wisdom, Ger. Weistum judicial sentence serving as a precedent ). Wisdom teeth … Etymology dictionary
wisdom tooth — n. [calque of ModL dentes sapientiae, based on Gr sōphronistēres < sōphronein, to be of sound mind: from their late appearance] the back tooth on each side of each jaw in human beings; any of the four third molars appearing usually between the … English World dictionary