yenta

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5

Definition of yenta

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish יענטע (yente).

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