yenta

Definition

Slang

• noun a shrewish woman, a gossip or crone. The word is a middle-European Jewish woman’s name or title (probably related to forms of the word ‘gentile’). The yenta became a comic figure in Jewish folklore, particularly in the American Yiddish theatre before World War II.

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Contexts for “yenta”

1 definition in context
• Slang