单词 | yenta |
释义 | yenta[ yen-tuh ] / ˈyɛn tə / SEE SYNONYMS FOR yenta ON THESAURUS.COM noun Slang.a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip. Origin of yentaFirst recorded in 1930–35; from Yiddish yente, originally a female personal name, earlier Yentl, ultimately from Old Italian; compare Italian gentile “kind, amiable,” originally, “noble, highborn”; see gentle Words nearby yentaYenan, Yen Hsi-shan, Yenisei, Yeniseian, Yenisei Ostyak, yenta, Yentai, yeo., yeoman, yeomanly, yeoman of the guard Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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