Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wise man

/ˈwʌɪzman/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: wise -man
IPA: /ˈwʌɪzman/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who is wise.

noun

A man who is a sage or seer.

noun

A magus or wizard, now especially one of the three biblical magi.

Example Sentences

"That is the reason, why some say, that the wiseman liveth as long as he ought, and not so long as he can."
"But where's that wiseman, that would not be I, / If she would not deny?"
"Mr Lieberman is arguably the last surviving example of a peculiar Washington species: the Wise Man who is willing to put party allegiance aside when it comes to big issues such as foreign policy."
"Steady old Väinämöinen / the everlasting wise man [translating tietäjä] / was driving along his roads / pacing out his ways / in those glades of Väinö-land / on the Kalevala heaths."
"Some of the other charms employed by the wise men had a more tangled pedigree."

Etymology

wise + man

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈwʌɪzman/

Inflected Forms

wise men (plural) wiseman (alternative)

Phrases

Three Wise Men wise woman

Frequently Paired Words

wise woman

Questions

How do you pronounce wise man?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwʌɪzman/.
What does wise man mean?: A man who is wise.
Where does wise man come from?: wise + man

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