jellied
Variant of jelly
jelly
definition
jelly (jel′ē)
noun pl. jellies -·lies
- a soft, resilient, partially transparent, semisolid, gelatinous food resulting from the cooling of fruit juice boiled with sugar, or of meat juice cooked down
- 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
- to make into jelly
- to coat, fill, or serve with jelly
intransitive verb
to become jelly
Related Forms:
- jellylike jel′ly·like′ adjective
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