Zaftig

 WORD OF THE DAY

zaftig / adjective / ZAHF-tig

Definition
1: having a full rounded figure
2: pleasingly plump

Examples
"The photography exhibition revels in depictions of Coney Island, including Lisette Model's widely-reproduced 1939-40 portrait of a zaftig woman  … laughing as waves lap at her feet…."
— Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), 29 Aug. 2021

Portraits of zaftig models are exhibited in the artist's collection.

Did You Know?
Over the centuries, some women have been approvingly described as full-figured, shapely, womanly, curvy, curvaceous, voluptuous, and statuesque.
Such women are, in a word, zaftig. Zaftig has been juicing up our language since the 1930s (the same decade that gave us Yiddish-derived futz, hoo-ha, and schmaltz, not to mention lox).
It comes from the Yiddish zaftik, which means "juicy" or "succulent" and which in turn derives from zaft, meaning "juice" or "sap."