yenta

yen·ta

Y0017500 (yĕn′tə)n. Slang A person, especially a woman, who is considered to be meddlesome or gossipy.

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[Yiddish yente, back-formation from the woman's name Yente, alteration of Yentl, from Old Italian Gentile, from gentile, amiable, highborn, from Latin gentīlis, of the same clan; see gentle.]

yenta

(ˈjɛntə) ncensorious US an interfering gossipy woman

yen•ta

(ˈyɛn tə)

n., pl. -tas. Slang. a gossipy woman; busybody. [1930–35; < Yiddish yente orig. a female personal name, earlier Yentl « early Italian; compare Italian gentile kind, orig., noble; see gentle]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	yenta - (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagantYiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew scriptshrew, termagant - a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
	2.	yenta - (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandalYiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew scriptgossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

yenta

nounSlang. A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others:blab, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattle, tattler, tattletale, telltale, whisperer.