zaftighttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zaftig_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezaftig, adj.
Revised 2019

zaftigadjective

North American colloquial.
  1. 1921–
    Of a woman: having a full, rounded figure; plump.
    1. 1921
      Isn't Diana Allen getting very zoftig?
      Broadway Brevities December 20
    2. 1967
      ‘And see how zoftik she is.’ Mrs. Green felt pleased she had spotted someone over-weight.
      P. Welles, Babyhip (1969) xxiv. 139
    3. 1981
      Zaftig Dolly Parton..once described herself as looking like a ‘hooker with a heart of gold’.
      Gossip (Holiday Special) 11/2
    4. 2009
      The waitress, a zaftig girl with a funny combination of bangs and retro cat–woman glasses topping her sweet bored expression, scurried right over.
      J. Lethem, Chronic City x. 175

zaftig, adj. was revised in December 2019.

zaftig, adj. was last modified in July 2023.