yentan.

Brit.

/ˈjɛntə/, U.S.

/ˈjɛntə/

Forms: 1900s– yenta, 1900s– yente, 1900s– yenteh.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymons: Yiddish yenta, yente.

Etymology: < Yiddish yenta, yente < the female forename Yenta , Yente ( < Italian gentile noble, high-born, kind, amiable: see gentle adj.).The extended use was popularized through the name of Yente Telebende, a fictional henpecking wife created by ‘B. Kovner’ (Jacob Adler, 1874–1974), U.S. humorist of Jewish origin, who wrote humorous stories for Yiddish newspapers in New York from the end of the 19th cent.

North American colloquial.

In Jewish usage: a noisy, vulgar, interfering, or annoying woman; (now) esp. one who gossips, a busybody; one given to nagging or scolding, a shrew.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > unrefined manners or behaviour > person

bearc1395

carter1509

kensy?a1513

clumpertonc1534

club1542

lout1548

clinchpoop1555

clout-shoe1563

loose-breech1575

clown1583

hoyden1593

boor1598

kill-courtesy1600

rustic1600

clunch1602

loblolly1604

camel1609

clusterfist1611

loon1619

Grobian1621

rough diamonda1625

hoyde1636

clodhopper1699

roughhead1726

indelicate1741

vulgarian1809

snob1838

vulgarist1847

yahoo1861

cave-dweller1865

polisson1866

mucker1884

caveman1907

wampus1912

yobbo1922

yenta1923

yob1927

rude1946

cafone1949

no-neck1961

ocker1971

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun] > shrew

scoldc1175

shrewc1386

viragoc1386

scolder1423

common scold1467

wild cat1570

vixen1575

callet1577

termagant1578

(Long) Meg of Westminster1589

butter whore1592

cotquean1593

scrattop1593

scoldsterc1600

butter-quean1613

Xantippea1616

fury1620

Tartar1669

fish-woman1698

cross-patch1699

Whitechapel fortune1734

brimstone1751

randy1762

fish-fag1786

rantipole1790

skellata1810

skimmington1813

targer1822

skellat-bell1827

catamaran1834

nagster1873

yenta1923

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips > one who spreads rumours

ear-rounder?1387

tidings-makerc1440

runkera1500

rumourera1616

scatter-storya1670

gazette1703

quidnunc1709

anecdote-monger1761

what-now1890

yenta1923

1923 A. Yezierska Salome of Tenements i. 12 The slattern yentehs lounging on the stoops, their dirty babies at their breasts, were transfigured into Madonnas of love through the light of his face.

1931 B. Hecht Jew in Love 122 Jesus God, you talk like a typical yenta.

1970 S. Ellin Bind xxiii. 114 A couple of yentas got nothing better to do, they'll take a sunbath right by my window.

2015 J. Stahl Old Guy Dad viii. 91 Her face, in moments of diaper-filling high dudgeon, resembles that of a disapproving yenta.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yenta
释义	yentan. Brit. /ˈjɛntə/, U.S. /ˈjɛntə/ Forms: 1900s– yenta, 1900s– yente, 1900s– yenteh. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymons: Yiddish yenta, yente. Etymology: < Yiddish yenta, yente < the female forename Yenta , Yente ( < Italian gentile noble, high-born, kind, amiable: see gentle adj.).The extended use was popularized through the name of Yente Telebende, a fictional henpecking wife created by ‘B. Kovner’ (Jacob Adler, 1874–1974), U.S. humorist of Jewish origin, who wrote humorous stories for Yiddish newspapers in New York from the end of the 19th cent. North American colloquial. In Jewish usage: a noisy, vulgar, interfering, or annoying woman; (now) esp. one who gossips, a busybody; one given to nagging or scolding, a shrew. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > unrefined manners or behaviour > person bearc1395 carter1509 kensy?a1513 clumpertonc1534 club1542 lout1548 clinchpoop1555 clout-shoe1563 loose-breech1575 clown1583 hoyden1593 boor1598 kill-courtesy1600 rustic1600 clunch1602 loblolly1604 camel1609 clusterfist1611 loon1619 Grobian1621 rough diamonda1625 hoyde1636 clodhopper1699 roughhead1726 indelicate1741 vulgarian1809 snob1838 vulgarist1847 yahoo1861 cave-dweller1865 polisson1866 mucker1884 caveman1907 wampus1912 yobbo1922 yenta1923 yob1927 rude1946 cafone1949 no-neck1961 ocker1971 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun] > shrew scoldc1175 shrewc1386 viragoc1386 scolder1423 common scold1467 wild cat1570 vixen1575 callet1577 termagant1578 (Long) Meg of Westminster1589 butter whore1592 cotquean1593 scrattop1593 scoldsterc1600 butter-quean1613 Xantippea1616 fury1620 Tartar1669 fish-woman1698 cross-patch1699 Whitechapel fortune1734 brimstone1751 randy1762 fish-fag1786 rantipole1790 skellata1810 skimmington1813 targer1822 skellat-bell1827 catamaran1834 nagster1873 yenta1923 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips > one who spreads rumours ear-rounder?1387 tidings-makerc1440 runkera1500 rumourera1616 scatter-storya1670 gazette1703 quidnunc1709 anecdote-monger1761 what-now1890 yenta1923 1923 A. Yezierska Salome of Tenements i. 12 The slattern yentehs lounging on the stoops, their dirty babies at their breasts, were transfigured into Madonnas of love through the light of his face. 1931 B. Hecht Jew in Love 122 Jesus God, you talk like a typical yenta. 1970 S. Ellin Bind xxiii. 114 A couple of yentas got nothing better to do, they'll take a sunbath right by my window. 2015 J. Stahl Old Guy Dad viii. 91 Her face, in moments of diaper-filling high dudgeon, resembles that of a disapproving yenta. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1923
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