Definition of yenta

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yen·ta    (ynt) KEY 

NOUN:
Slang

A person, especially a woman, who is meddlesome or gossipy.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Yiddish yente, back-formation from the woman's name Yente, alteration of Yentl, from Old Italian Gentile, from gentile, amiable, highborn, from Latin gentlis, of the same clan ; see gentle