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noun
A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Jewish
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noun
(Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger
noun
(Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shrew, termagant
History
Borrowed from Yiddish יענטע (yente).
