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English noun: yenta

1. yenta (person) (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant


Broader (hypernym)shrew, termagant


Domain categoryYiddish

2. yenta (person) (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal


Broader (hypernym)gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger


Domain categoryYiddish









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