YENTA


Meaning of YENTA in English

/yen"teuh/ , n. Slang.

a person, esp. a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.

[ 1930-35; yente, orig. a female personal name, earlier Yentl gentile kind, amiable, orig., noble, highborn; see GENTLE ]

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