Jell-O

proper nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈdʒɛləʊ//
United States//ˈdʒɛloʊ//

A brand of dessert made from gelatin.

proper noun

1
A brand of dessert made from gelatin.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jell-O.
2
Any brand of fruit flavored gelatin dessert mix.
The store brand Jell-O is just as good and one third the price.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jell-O.

Etymology

Trademarked by Pearle Bixby Wait and named by his wife, May Wait. Clipping of gelatin and jelly, both ultimately from Latin gelō (“to freeze, cause to congeal”), following a then relatively popular trend in the United States to add “O” to the end of products, which according to The Dictionary of Trade Names Origins started because the letter is pleasing to the eye. By surface analysis, jell (“jelly”) + -o.

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