We all have our own definitions, Dorothy. I guess my defintion for wisdom would be:

* great knowledge of life, combined with great love and compassion * (and that goes with emotional maturity)

Great knowledge in the absence of great love and compassion can be quite dangerous.

In regards to those people I've met who I felt were wiser than I, they usually had greater knowledge, greater love, and greater compassion than I have, and I could see that in them. This made them people I naturally wanted to be around and learn from.