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| yenta [ yéntə ] (plural yentas) or yente [ yéntə ] (plural yentes) |
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North America busybody: somebody, often a woman, known as a meddler or a gossip
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slang
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sometimes offensive
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| [Mid-20th century. Via Yiddish yente< woman's name Yente< Latin gentilis 'of the same family'] |
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