zaftig

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
20
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈzæf.tɪɡ/(UK)
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/ˈzæf.tɪɡ/(UK) · /ˈzɑf.tɪɡ/(US)

Definition of zaftig

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (US, colloquial)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.”
    “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.”
    “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.”
    “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 time”
    “Mrs Stahlbaum, a much more zaftig figure than the Housekeeper, wears a strawberry blonde wig with bangs, her hair tied back in a bun.”

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Etymology

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

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