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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--maven 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. -Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.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. X-Bonus 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)

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