yenta
English
Alternative forms
- yente
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish יענטע (yente).
Noun
yenta (plural yentas)
- 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!
- 1976, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 201:
- 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.
- (Jewish) A matchmaker; a woman who specializes in finding spouses.
Anagrams
- Taney