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YENTA

• YENTA (noun)
The noun YENTA has 2 senses:

1. (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
2. (Yiddish) a woman gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal

Familiarity information: YENTA used as a noun is rare.

• YENTA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("yenta" is a kind of...):

shrew; termagant (a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman)

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

(Yiddish) a woman gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("yenta" is a kind of...):

gossip; gossiper; gossipmonger; newsmonger; rumormonger; rumourmonger (a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others)

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)

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Useful links:
Definition of termagant
Definition of Yiddish
Pronunciation of gossip
Definition of newsmonger
Definition of rumourmonger

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