■ noun ( plural jellies )
1》 chiefly Brit. a semi-solid dessert consisting of a sweet, fruit-flavoured liquid set with gelatin.
↘a small sweet made with gelatin.
2》 a similar preparation made with fruit or other ingredients as a condiment.
↘a savoury preparation made from gelatin and meat stock.
3》 any substance of a semi-solid consistency similar to ~.
4》 Brit. informal a tablet of the drug Temazepam.
5》 Brit. informal term for gelignite .
■ verb ( jellies , ~ing , jellied ) [usu. as adjective jellied ] set (food) as or in a ~.
Derivatives
jellification noun
jellify verb ( jellifies , jellifying , jellified ).
Origin
ME: from OFr. gelee 'frost, ~', from L. gelata 'frozen'.