This week’s theme
Illustrated words

This week’s words
yeanling
ursiform
leptodactylous
zaftig
noctilucent

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(ZAF-tik, -tig)

MEANING:

adjective: Full-figured; pleasingly plump; buxom.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Yiddish zaftik (juicy), from German saftig (juicy), from Saft (juice). Earliest documented use: 1921.

USAGE:

“One year the zaftig look was in among models, the next year the waif was all the rage.”
Eric Van Lustbader; Second Skin; Gallery Books; 2015.

See more usage examples of zaftig in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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