Wise Old Man

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
WOM
Pronunciation
/waɪz oʊld mæn/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. You're a wise old man : tell me what to do.
  2. A wise old man told me a story.
  3. Everybody went to the wise old man for advice.
  4. But as he grew into a wise old man, he came to understand that roughness and ambiguity aren't imperfections.
  5. He found that his experiences tended to form themselves into persons, beginning with a wise old man and his companion, a little girl.

Other meanings of WOM