Especially commendable is Zamit, who in addition to Mrs. Darling and the housekeeper, plays a Tinkerbell too zaftig to fly, among other roles.

Like the Yiddish word zaftig — literally, juicy — it describes a feminine figure whose lavish proportions amplify her larger-than-life personality.

She called her magnified, zaftig alter ego The Bunch.

Your essay in this book is about the word "zaftig."

Now a Guggenheim fellow, Machado was once conditioned to accept that zaftig women are undeserving of worship.