zaftigadj.

Brit.

/ˈzaftɪɡ/,

/ˈzɑːftɪɡ/, U.S.

/ˈzɑftɪɡ/,

/ˈzɔftɪɡ/,

/ˈzæftɪɡ/

Forms: 1900s– zaftic, 1900s– zaftick, 1900s– zaftig, 1900s– zaftik, 1900s– zoftick, 1900s– zoftig, 1900s– zoftik.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish zaftik.

Etymology: < Yiddish zaftik, literally ‘juicy’ < German saftig juicy (already in Middle High German as saffec , saffic ) < Saft juice (see sap n.¹) + -ig -y suffix¹.

North American colloquial.

Of a woman: having a full, rounded figure; plump.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > pretty > pretty and plump

wally?a1513

buxom1589

sonsy1720

buxom-looking1840

tisty-tosty1888

zaftig1921

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump > of a woman

buxom1589

matronlya1660

buxom-looking1840

zaftig1921

curvaceous1933

curvesome1933

1921 Broadway Brevities Dec. 20 Isn't Diana Allen getting very zoftig?

1967 P. Welles Babyhip (1969) xxiv. 139 ‘And see how zoftik she is.’ Mrs. Green felt pleased she had spotted someone over-weight.

1981 Gossip (Holiday Special) 11/2 Zaftig Dolly Parton..once described herself as looking like a ‘hooker with a heart of gold’.

2009 J. Lethem Chronic City x. 175 The waitress, a zaftig girl with a funny combination of bangs and retro cat–woman glasses topping her sweet bored expression, scurried right over.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	zaftig
释义	zaftigadj. Brit. /ˈzaftɪɡ/, /ˈzɑːftɪɡ/, U.S. /ˈzɑftɪɡ/, /ˈzɔftɪɡ/, /ˈzæftɪɡ/ Forms: 1900s– zaftic, 1900s– zaftick, 1900s– zaftig, 1900s– zaftik, 1900s– zoftick, 1900s– zoftig, 1900s– zoftik. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish zaftik. Etymology: < Yiddish zaftik, literally ‘juicy’ < German saftig juicy (already in Middle High German as saffec , saffic ) < Saft juice (see sap n.¹) + -ig -y suffix¹. North American colloquial. Of a woman: having a full, rounded figure; plump. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > pretty > pretty and plump wally?a1513 buxom1589 sonsy1720 buxom-looking1840 tisty-tosty1888 zaftig1921 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump > of a woman buxom1589 matronlya1660 buxom-looking1840 zaftig1921 curvaceous1933 curvesome1933 1921 Broadway Brevities Dec. 20 Isn't Diana Allen getting very zoftig? 1967 P. Welles Babyhip (1969) xxiv. 139 ‘And see how zoftik she is.’ Mrs. Green felt pleased she had spotted someone over-weight. 1981 Gossip (Holiday Special) 11/2 Zaftig Dolly Parton..once described herself as looking like a ‘hooker with a heart of gold’. 2009 J. Lethem Chronic City x. 175 The waitress, a zaftig girl with a funny combination of bangs and retro cat–woman glasses topping her sweet bored expression, scurried right over. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1921
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