fozy

[ foh-zee, foz-ee ]

/ ˈfoʊ zi, ˈfɒz i /

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spongy; loose-textured.

(of a vegetable or fruit) overripe.

(of a person) fat; flabby.

Informal. dull-witted; stupid; fatheaded.

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The verb tenses can be split into which 3 primary categories?

1815–25; compare Dutch voos spongy, Low German fussig

fo·zi·ness, noun

The oranges look well outside, but the moment you have penetrated the rind, you find that they have been boiled and are fozy.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 434, December, 1851|Various