Zaftig: Difference between revisions
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=== | ||
* | * Hangul: 재프틱 (jae-peu-tik) | ||
* | * Katakana: ザフティグ (zafutigu) | ||
===Adjective=== | ===Adjective=== | ||
Revision as of 04:22, 14 April 2026
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Yiddish זאַפֿטיק (zaftik), cognate with German saftig (“juicy”). Doublet of sappy.
Pronunciation via Transliteration
- Hangul: 재프틱 (jae-peu-tik)
- Katakana: ザフティグ (zafutigu)
Adjective
- (US, colloquial, of a woman) Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.
Synonyms
Quotations
- By his description the same broad. A zaftige piece too, in a mink stole. — Saul Bellow, 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... — Robert A. Heinlein, The Number of the Beast, 1980
- But I've been waiting for you just to say / The zoftig chick is mine... — Sonic Youth, “100%”, 1992
- Mrs Stahlbaum, a much more zaftig figure... — Gay Morris, 1996
- 1995 Clinton has his first sexual encounter with zaftig intern Lewinsky. — Time, 2000
- ...their more zaftig counterparts... — Marlene Zuk, 2011
- Bari is a warmer zaftig presence. — Jennifer Egan, The Candy House, 2022