yenta

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yenta

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Borrowed from Yiddish יענטע (yente).

noun yentas · yente · yentl

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!

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"yenta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yenta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"yenta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yenta.

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@misc{yenta_2026,
  title = {yenta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yenta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}