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| yen·ta [ yéntə ] (plural yen·tas) or yen·te [ yéntə ] (plural yen·tes) |
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busybody: somebody, often a woman, known as a meddler or a gossip
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| [Mid-20th century. Via Yiddish yente< woman's name Yente< Latin gentilis "of the same family"] |
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