yenta

yen·ta  (ynt)

n. Slang

A person, especially a woman, who is meddlesome or gossipy.

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[Yiddish yente, back-formation from the woman's name Yente, alteration of Yentl, from Old Italian Gentile, from gentile, amiable, highborn, from Latin gentlis, of the same clan; see gentle.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	yenta - (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script shrew, termagant - a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
	2.	yenta - (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others