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zaftig fruit

zaftig fruit

9.9
A large soft fruit like a peach or plum that is very juicy
  • noun
  • /ˈzɑːf.tɪk fruːt/
translation icon : fruta jugosa
  • She picked a zaftig fruit from the basket and bit into its juicy flesh.

Examples

  • These zaftig fruits are perfect for making smoothies.

  • The zaftig fruit was perfect for making desserts.

  • Markets in summer are filled with zaftig fruit ready for eating or baking.

  • I love eating zaftig fruit in the summer.

  • During the hot summer months, markets are full of zaftig fruit that are perfect for snacks and desserts.

  • She enjoyed a zaftig fruit straight from the tree, feeling the juices drip down her chin.

  • The farmer's market was bursting with delicious zaftig fruit, attracting many eager shoppers.

Antonyms

shrivelled
  • UK
4.4

Dried and shrunken with a wrinkled surface from lack of water

How Juicy

luscious
14 4.3
succulent
19 4.2
zaftig fruit
9.9
juicy
79 1.0
plump
44 2.7
firm
30 1.0

Surface Forms

zaftig fruit singular
zaftig fruits plural

Morphology

zaftig + fruit

The noun phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: if a learner knows 'zaftig' (plump, full, juicy) and 'fruit', the meaning 'plump, juicy fruit' follows directly from the constituents. Note that 'zaftig' is a rare/Yiddish-derived adjective and may be unknown to many learners, but the construction itself is fully compositional.

Etymology

Zaftig fruit may come from a Yiddish word zaftig that meant 'juicy'. People used zaftig to talk about fruit that was soft and full of juice, so zaftig fruit now means fruit that is 'full, plump, and juicy'.