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jelly article of food consisting chiefly of gelatin. XIV. ME. geli, -y(e) — (O)F. gelée frost, jelly = It. gelata frost :- Rom. gelāta, sb. use of fem. pp. of gelāre freeze, f. gelu frost (cf. CONGEAL).
Hence jellied XVI; (back-formation) jell vb. orig. U.S. XIX.

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