gelee
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.22 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of gele (“type of women’s headwrap”).
Example Sentences
- "While they were puzzling over it, another course arrived: three tiny monkey dishes, each holding two cubes of gelee, set atop glass bowls in which live Siamese fighting fish swam listlessly back and forth."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.