fozy, a. Sc. and dial.
(ˈfəʊzɪ)
[cf. Du. voos in Kilian also voosch, vooghs, ‘spongiosus, rarus et levis instar fungi’); also Norw. fos spongy, LG. fussig porous, spongy.]
Spongy, loose-textured; also of flesh = foggy 3. Also fig., ‘fat-witted’. Hence ˈfoziness.
| 1821 Blackw. Mag. X. 753 The weak and young Whigs have become middle aged, and their foziness can no longer be concealed. 1823 J. Wilson Ibid. XIII. 593 A certain ingenious person..met with a turnip of more than common foziness in his field. 1826 ― Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 15 The language is out of condition—fat and fozy, thickwinded,..and plethoric. 1894 Ian Maclaren Beside Bonnie Brier Bush 206 He's fair fozzy wi' trokin' in his gairden an' feeding pigs. |