5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
noun (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
noun (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
originEtymology tree Yiddish יענטע (yente)bor. English yenta Borrowed from Yiddish יענטע (yente).
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