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Synonyms for yenta
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : yen-tuh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈyɛn tə |
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Définition of yenta
Origin :- "gossip, busybody," 1923, from Yente Telebende, comic strip gossip in 1920s-30s writing of Yiddish newspaper humorist B. Kovner (pen-name of Jacob Adler) in the "Jewish Daily Forward." It was a common Yiddish fem. proper name, altered from Yentl and said to be ultimately from Italian gentile "kind, gentle," earlier "noble, high-born" (see gentle).
- As in Nosy Parker : noun prying person
- As in busybody : noun nosy, impertinent person
- As in gossiper : noun person who gossips
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