the age; longhead†, thinker; intellectual, longhair.
authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus
Apollo [Lat.], Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, second Daniel.
man of learning &c 492; expert &c 700; wizard &c 994.
wiseacre [Iron.], bigwig, know-it-all; poor man's Einstein.
Adj. venerable, reverenced, emeritus.
Phr. barba tenus sapientes [Lat.].