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zaftig
[
zahf
-tik
,
-tig
]
Origin
zaf·tig
/
ˈzɑf
tɪk
,
-tɪg
/
Show Spelled
[
zahf
-tik
,
-tig
]
Show IPA
adjective
Slang
.
1.
(of a woman) having a pleasantly plump figure.
2.
full-bodied; well-proportioned.
Also,
zoftig.
Origin:
1935–40;
<
Yiddish
zaftik
literally, juicy, succulent; compare
Middle High German
saftec,
derivative of
saf
(
t
),
Old High German
saf
(
German
Saft
)
sap
1
,
juice
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Word Origin & History
zaftig
"alluringly plump, curvaceous, buxom," 1937, from Yiddish zaftik, lit. "juicy," from zaft "juice," from M.H.G. saft "juice" (see
sap
(n.1)).
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