— jellylike , adj.
/jel"ee/ , n. , pl. jellies , v. , jellied, jellying , adj.
n.
1. a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., esp. fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
2. any substance having the consistency of jelly.
3. Chiefly Brit. a fruit-flavored gelatin dessert.
4. a plastic sandal or shoe.
v.t. , v.i.
5. to bring or come to the consistency of jelly.
adj.
6. containing or made, spread, or topped with jelly or syrup; jellied: jelly apples.
[ 1350-1400; ME gely gelee frozen jelly gelata frozen, equiv. to L gel- freeze + -ata -ATE 1 ; cf. GEL, COLD ]