Yenta (yen′tə): n. A busybody, gossipmonger, usually a woman.
[Following the 1964 Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof, yenta entered Jewish American lexicon and has also become synonymous with matchmaker after the show's well-meaning but meddlesome marriage broker named Yente, a character originally created by writer Jacob Adler in the 1920's.]
Two well-known yentas:
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