gelatinous

[juh-lat-n-uhs]

adjective

1. having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.

2. pertaining to, containing, or consisting of gelatin.

gelatinous

/ dʒɪˈlætɪnəs /

adjective

1. consisting of or resembling jelly; viscous

2. of, containing, or resembling gelatine

Other Word Forms

• gelatinously adverb
• gelatinousness noun
• gelatinity noun
• nongelatinous adjective
• nongelatinously adverb
• nongelatinousness noun
• subgelatinous adjective
• subgelatinously adverb
• subgelatinousness noun
• ungelatinous adjective
• ungelatinously adverb
• ungelatinousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gelatinous¹

First recorded in 1715–25; gelatin + -ous

Example Sentences

His first big win was a tapioca substitute nicknamed “Mitchell’s mud”—a gelatinous, starchy blend designed to keep soldiers full in the field.

From Salon

He described taking a spoonful of someone else’s bowl and saying, “Absolutely not” — it was “gelatinous,” he told Thompson.

From Los Angeles Times

Eventually, after language “melted into a gelatinous pool,” she quit and entered the Iowa Writers Workshop in 1965.

From Los Angeles Times

Jokura was not the only scientist to make a milestone discovery after wandering past a tank containing a gelatinous animal.

From Salon

Previous research has found that gelatinous zooplankton like velella and their fellow jellyfish thrive in warmer waters, portending an era some scientists have referred to as the “rise of slime.”

From Los Angeles Times