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zaf·tig    Audio Help   [zahf-tik, -tig] Pronunciation Key
–adjective Slang.
1.(of a woman) having a pleasantly plump figure.
2.full-bodied; well-proportioned.
Also, zoftig.

[Origin: 1935–40; < Yiddish zaftik lit., juicy, succulent; cf. MHG saftec, deriv. of saf(t), OHG saf (G Saft) sap1, juice]
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zaf·tig or zof·tig    Audio Help   (zäf'tĭk, -tĭg)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Full-bosomed.
  2. Having a full, shapely figure.


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

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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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zaftig

adjective
(of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous ; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; [syn: buxom] 

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