zaftig
adjUK /ˈzæf.tɪɡ/ · US /ˈzɑf.tɪɡ/
Etymology From Yiddish זאַפֿטיק (zaftik), cognate to German saftig (“juicy”). Doublet of sappy.
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US, Colloquial, Of a woman Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.
- By his description the same broad. A zaftige piece too, in a mink stole.1953 September 18, Saul Bellow, chapter XXII, in The Adventures of Augie March […], New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 460:
- Sportcasters are drawn from three different talent pools. Some are professional media people, others are ex-coaches and the most zaftig lot are ex-players.1980, Washington Journalism Review, volume 2:
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- Well, a certain zaftig coed told this on herself. She tried to give her all to Brainy in exchange for a passing grade in the general math course necessary to any degree on our campus. […] "Brainy" didn't accept, didn't refuse, wasn't offended, didn't seem to understand. He told her that she had better talk to her instructor about getting tutoring and a re-exam. Now Miss Zaftig is circulating the story that Prof "No Brain" must be a eunuch or a robot. Not even a homo. Totally sexless.1980, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter VII, in The Number of the Beast, part one, pages 61–62:
- But I've been waiting for you just to say / The zoftig chick is mine / But all I know is you got no money / But that's got nothing to do with a good time1992, Sonic Youth (lyrics and music), “100%”, in Dirty:
- Mrs Stahlbaum, a much more zaftig figure than the Housekeeper, wears a strawberry blonde wig with bangs, her hair tied back in a bun.1996, Gay Morris, “Moving Words: Re-Writing Dance”, in Gay Morris, editor, 9: "Styles of the Flesh": Gender in the Dances of Mark Morris, page 152:
- 1995 Clinton has his first sexual encounter with zaftig intern Lewinsky.2000 January 22, “D.C. 90210”, in Time, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2012: