This week's theme: words from Yiddish. maven (MAY-vuhn) noun
An expert, connoisseur, or enthusiast. [From Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew mebhin (one who understands).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=maven -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "The panelists are a who's who of television and film mavens." James Adams; TV Networks Can Relax; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Jun 12, 2006. Sponsors' Messages: A cure for brain flab! One brain-building, at-a-glance email a day helps keep unsightly ignorance away. http://knowledgenews.net/s?s=aw071906 Namix, providing smart naming solutions for products, services, and businesses: http://namix.com ............................................................................ Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives. -Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, musician, Nobel laureate (1875-1965) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/maven.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/maven.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/maven.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
