gelatinous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having a thick, soft, jellylike consistency

   The fungus dissolved into a gelatinous mass after the heavy rain.

2. 2
   adj

   containing, resembling, or relating to gelatin

   A thin gelatinous coating protected the developing eggs.

Formed from gelatine or gelatin plus -ous, probably modeled on French gelatineux. The underlying word gelatin comes from Latin gelatus, 'stiffened or frozen,' from gelare, 'to freeze.'

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