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zaftig

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having a full, shapely figure. Used of a woman.

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  • adjective US, colloquial Of a woman, having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned.

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  • adjective (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Yiddish zaftik, juicy, from Middle High German saftec, from saft, juice, from Old High German saf.]

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From Yiddish זאַפֿטיק (zaftik), cognate to German saftig ("juicy").

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Examples

  • In my opinion, Jewish women are the authority on this body image stuff -- Jews invented the word zaftig and live lives peppered with proverbs like "Worries go down better with soup" and the ever-uplifting, "Eat and drink for tomorrow you may die."

    Leslie Goldman: Oy, You Should Eat! 2008

  • (The surest way to end a pitch meeting in LA is to tell them you want the lead female character to be a little "zaftig" - the look you get from the development executives is usually somewhere between "I'm sorry, I couldn't have just hear you correctly" and "Oh, I didn't realize you smoked crack.")

    Paul Feig: In Praise of ... Dove??? 2008

  • Grandpa Izzy says that Margaret is zaftig, which is Yiddish for pleasingly plump.

    The View from Saturday E. L. Konigsburg 1996

  • Amber has us LOL'n with her take on the "zaftig" Alexandra...

    Early Recaps Tbone 2006

  • Which means that no size 4 girl is going to be called "zaftig" by Heidi Klum!

    Thanks To My Readers PeaceBang 2006

  • While I'm not in favor of euphemisms (My favorite is "zaftig", by far), "heavy" and "big" are accurate terms.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • The "zaftig" Daisy Rock Zebra Butterfly Jumbo is as graceful and beautiful a guitar as Daisy Rock has ever produced.

    Gearwire - 2008

  • SEE YA! "or did things like mentioning a pitcher's" zaftig "ERA (which he really did on at least one occasion), I began to look forward to hearing his Kay-isms every night.

    Tony Sachs: Hey Fans! Iiiiiiiit's the Fake Michael Kay On Twitter! Who But! 2009

  • It's that she's been taught to hate herself at 160 pounds, and to describe herself as "zaftig" at 140 (a BMI of

    feminist blogs 2009

  • Keen attention is paid to organic features, from the topography of an aging woman's wrinkles, to the soft flesh of a zaftig figure on her bed, or the delicate layer of snow on an apple tree.

    Bill Bush: The Haze of Memory: This Artweek.LA (September 19-26) Bill Bush 2011

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