wit tooth
English
Alternative forms
- wit-tooth
Etymology
wit + tooth
Noun
wit tooth (plural wit teeth)
- (rare, dated) Synonym of wisdom tooth
- 1903, Robley Dunglison, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, A Dictionary of Medical Science, page 331:
- About this period a small molar appears at the extremity of each jaw, which is called the wisdom tooth or wit tooth, making the whole number of permanent teeth 32.