yenta

Noun
  1. (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew;
    A shallow coarse termagant (synset 110823067)
    referred to in: 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
    is a type of: shrew, termagant - a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
  2. (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much;
    A gossip unable to keep a secret;
    A woman who spreads rumors and scandal (synset 110822886)
    referred to in: 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
    is a type of: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

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