jellied

Variant of jelly

jelly definition

jelly (jel′ē)

noun pl. jellies -·lies

  1. a soft, resilient, partially transparent, semisolid, gelatinous food resulting from the cooling of fruit juice boiled with sugar, or of meat juice cooked down
  2. any substance like this; gelatinous substance

Etymology: ME gely < OFr gelée, a frost, jelly < fem. pp. of geler < L gelare, to freeze: see gelatin

transitive verb jellied -·lied, jellying -·ly·ing

  1. to make into jelly
  2. to coat, fill, or serve with jelly

intransitive verb

to become jelly

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