wisdom : Idioms & Phrases
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god's wisdom
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noun the omniscience of a divine being
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Lip wisdom
- wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience.
Webster 1913
Salt of wisdom
- . See
Alembroth .
Webster 1913
To cut one's wisdom teeth
- to come to years of discretion.
Webster 1913
wisdom book
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noun any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom
wisdom book; sapiential book.
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wisdom literature
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noun any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom
wisdom book; sapiential book.
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wisdom of jesus the son of sirach
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noun an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
Ben Sira; Sirach; Ecclesiasticus.
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wisdom of solomon
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noun an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC
Wisdom.
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Wisdom tooth
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noun any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21)
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- the last, or back, tooth of the full set on each half of each jaw in man; familiarly so called, because appearing comparatively late, after the person may be supposed to have arrived at the age of wisdom. See the Note under
Tooth , 1.
