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zaf·tig (zäf′tig′)

adjective

Slang having a full, shapely figure: said of a woman

Etymology: E Yiddish zaftik, lit., juicy, succulent < zaft, juice < MHG saft, earlier saf, juice, sap + -ig, -y

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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