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Created page with "==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.tɪ..."
 
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Doublet of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sappy sappy].
Doublet of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sappy sappy].


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation via Transliteration===
* UK: /ˈzæf.tɪɡ/
* Hangul: 재프틱 (jae-peu-tik)
* US: /ˈzɑf.tɪɡ/
* Katakana: ザフティグ (zafutigu)


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
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* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rubenesque Rubenesque]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rubenesque Rubenesque]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/voluptuous voluptuous]
* [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===
===Further reading===
* [https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/kdhjccq Green’s Dictionary of Slang – “zaftig”]
* [https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/kdhjccq Green’s Dictionary of Slang – “zaftig”]

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Yiddish זאַפֿטיק (zaftik), cognate with German saftig (“juicy”). Doublet of sappy.

Pronunciation via Transliteration

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  • Hangul: 재프틱 (jae-peu-tik)
  • Katakana: ザフティグ (zafutigu)

Adjective

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  1. (US, colloquial, of a woman) Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.

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Further reading

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