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单词 yenta
释义

yenta

English

Alternative forms

  • yente

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish יענטע (yente).

Noun

yenta (plural yentas)

  1. 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.
  2. (Jewish) A matchmaker; a woman who specializes in finding spouses.

Anagrams

  • Taney
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