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Wisdom tooth   /wˈɪzdəm tuθ/   Listen
Wisdom tooth

noun
1.
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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"Wisdom tooth" Quotes from Famous Books



... tradesman of Jerusalem, suffered from an unendurable toothache. His toothache had commenced on the day before, toward evening; at first his right jaw started to pain him, and one tooth, the one right next the wisdom tooth, seemed to have risen somewhat, and when his tongue touched the tooth, he felt a slightly painful sensation. After supper, however, his toothache had passed, and Ben-Tovit had forgotten all about it—he had made a profitable ...
— The Crushed Flower and Other Stories • Leonid Andreyev


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