Editing Zaftig

==English==

===Alternative forms===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zoftig zoftig]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zaftige zaftige]

===Etymology===
From Yiddish [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%90%D6%B7%D7%A4%D6%BF%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A7 זאַפֿטיק] (zaftik), cognate with German [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/saftig saftig] (“juicy”).
Doublet of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sappy sappy].

===Pronunciation===
* UK: /ˈzæf.tɪɡ/
* US: /ˈzɑf.tɪɡ/

===Adjective===

# (US, colloquial, of a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woman woman]) Having a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plump plump] and [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sexually sexually] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attractive attractive] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/figure figure]; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/voluptuous voluptuous], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/well-proportioned well-proportioned]; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/large large].

====Synonyms====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buxom buxom]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rubenesque Rubenesque]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/voluptuous voluptuous]

====Quotations====
* By his description the same broad. A '''zaftige''' piece too, in a mink stole. — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bellow Saul Bellow], ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Augie_March The Adventures of Augie March]''
* 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. — ''Washington Journalism Review'', 1980
* Well, a certain '''zaftig''' coed told this on herself... — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein Robert A. Heinlein], ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(novel) The Number of the Beast]'', 1980
* But I've been waiting for you just to say / The '''zoftig''' chick is mine... — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Youth Sonic Youth], “[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100%25_(Sonic_Youth_song) 100%]”, 1992
* Mrs Stahlbaum, a much more '''zaftig''' figure... — Gay Morris, 1996
* 1995 Clinton has his first sexual encounter with '''zaftig''' intern Lewinsky. — ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine) Time]'', 2000
* ...their more '''zaftig''' counterparts... — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Zuk Marlene Zuk], 2011
* Bari is a warmer '''zaftig''' presence. — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Egan Jennifer Egan], ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Candy_House The Candy House]'', 2022

===Further reading===
* [https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/kdhjccq Green’s Dictionary of Slang – “zaftig”]