yenta

noun

yenta

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Yiddish יענטע (yente).

1

Jewish A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.

  • Please don't tell your girlfriend what I said; she's a yenta!
  • And you had to marry that yenta West Side broad from a family of ward politicians and punchboard gamblers of candy-store kikes and sewer inspectors.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 201:

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