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"Pleasingly plump," according to Merriam-Webster
Answer for the clue ""Pleasingly plump," according to Merriam-Webster ", 6 letters:
zaftig
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context US colloquial English) Of a woman, having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump" [syn: buxom , chubby , embonpoint , plump , zoftig ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"alluringly plump, curvaceous, buxom," 1937, from Yiddish zaftik , literally "juicy," from zaft "juice," from Middle High German saft "juice" (see sap (n.1)).
Usage examples of zaftig.
Now Miss Zaftig is circulating the story that Prof 'No Brain' must be a eunuch or a robot.
He wasn't sure whether to classify her as a dread dowager or not--her bright brown eyes and smooth chocolate hands were pretty enough, but the rest of her was swathed in yards of creamy silk edged with gold embroidery that suggested a zaftig pulchritude, like a very enticing mattress.
Things broke up, the zaftig lady was swept off Miles's hands by two of her co-wives, and he began to make his way across the room back to the Barrayaran ambassador's party.