mavenn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪvn/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪv(ə)n/

Inflections: Plural mavens, mavins, mayvinim.

Forms: 1900s– maven, 1900s– mavin, 1900s– mayven, 1900s– mayvin, 1900s– mevin.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish meyvn.

Etymology: < Yiddish meyvn (plural mevinim) expert, connoisseur < Hebrew mēḇīn person with understanding, teacher, participle of hēḇīn understand, attend to, teach.The currency of the word is said to have been boosted by the advertising campaign for Vita Herring, launched in the United States in 1964 (see quot. 1965).

chiefly North American.

An expert, a connoisseur; a knowledgeable enthusiast, an aficionado.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > [noun] > connoisseur

curioso1658

connoisseur1719

conoscente1766

cognoscente1777

arbiter elegantiae1818

maven1907

1907 Maccabæan June 236/2 ‘You will admit, will you not, that I am a good judge of a cantor.’ ‘Yes, we admit that you are a mavin.’

1950 Jewish Standard (Toronto) June 36 (advt.) Both of these epicures aptly describe the ‘pareve’, easy-to-fix dish that wins the applause of every ‘mayvin’.

1952 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Sept. 58 The most trying type [of customer] of all..is the ‘mayvin’. The word is of Yiddish origin, has entered the language.

1965 Hadassah News Let. Apr. 30 (advt.) Get Vita at your favorite supermarket, grocery or delicatessen. Tell them the beloved Maven sent you. It won't save you any money: but you'll get the best herring.

1969 Time 12 Sept. 78 Much of the credit for the Cinderella publishing story goes to Robert Gottlieb, then the editorial genie in residence at Simon & Schuster, now the mavin at Alfred Knopf.

1985 Maledicta 8 125 I don't think your project is exactly the answer to a dictionary mayven's prayer.

1991 Eng. Today Oct. 57/2 I have in mind such English language mavens as William Safire and Robert MacNeil.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maven
释义	mavenn. Brit. /ˈmeɪvn/, U.S. /ˈmeɪv(ə)n/ Inflections: Plural mavens, mavins, mayvinim. Forms: 1900s– maven, 1900s– mavin, 1900s– mayven, 1900s– mayvin, 1900s– mevin. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish meyvn. Etymology: < Yiddish meyvn (plural mevinim) expert, connoisseur < Hebrew mēḇīn person with understanding, teacher, participle of hēḇīn understand, attend to, teach.The currency of the word is said to have been boosted by the advertising campaign for Vita Herring, launched in the United States in 1964 (see quot. 1965). chiefly North American. An expert, a connoisseur; a knowledgeable enthusiast, an aficionado. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > [noun] > connoisseur curioso1658 connoisseur1719 conoscente1766 cognoscente1777 arbiter elegantiae1818 maven1907 1907 Maccabæan June 236/2 ‘You will admit, will you not, that I am a good judge of a cantor.’ ‘Yes, we admit that you are a mavin.’ 1950 Jewish Standard (Toronto) June 36 (advt.) Both of these epicures aptly describe the ‘pareve’, easy-to-fix dish that wins the applause of every ‘mayvin’. 1952 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Sept. 58 The most trying type [of customer] of all..is the ‘mayvin’. The word is of Yiddish origin, has entered the language. 1965 Hadassah News Let. Apr. 30 (advt.) Get Vita at your favorite supermarket, grocery or delicatessen. Tell them the beloved Maven sent you. It won't save you any money: but you'll get the best herring. 1969 Time 12 Sept. 78 Much of the credit for the Cinderella publishing story goes to Robert Gottlieb, then the editorial genie in residence at Simon & Schuster, now the mavin at Alfred Knopf. 1985 Maledicta 8 125 I don't think your project is exactly the answer to a dictionary mayven's prayer. 1991 Eng. Today Oct. 57/2 I have in mind such English language mavens as William Safire and Robert MacNeil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1907
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