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Maven

[mey-vuhn] Example Sentences Origin

ma·ven

[mey-vuhn]
noun
an expert or connoisseur.
Also, ma·vin.


Origin:
1960–65; < Yiddish < Hebrew: connoisseur
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Maven is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Example Sentences
  • Maven did not have to train the day before the match.
  • But she's not your stereotypical bespectacled research maven toiling behind a reference.
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World English Dictionary
maven or mavin (ˈmeɪvən)
 
n
(US) an expert or connoisseur
 
[C20: from Yiddish, from Hebrew mevin understanding]
 
mavin or mavin
 
n
 
[C20: from Yiddish, from Hebrew mevin understanding]

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Word Origin & History

maven
1965, from Yiddish meyvn, from Heb. mebhin, lit. "one who understands." Plural is mayvinim.
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Slang Dictionary

maven definition

[ˈmevnæ]
and mavin
  1. n.
    an expert; a self-proclaimed expert. (From Hebrew mevin via Yiddish.) : A maven in the stock market you are not.
  2. in.
    to act as a maven (sense 1). : She's always mavening about something.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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