Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having the property of jelly; similar to a jelly.
- n. A medicated tablet or lozenge of gelatin.
Wiktionary
- n. pharmacy A medicated gelatin tablet or lozenge; a gelatinous pill.
Etymologies
- Former brand name, from a company called Iron Jelloid Co. Ltd. Presumably jelly + -oid. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It proves the utter flabby weakness of jelloid Dave that the Tories 'best hope for a GE win is that the present demented incumbent of No. 10 clings on.”
“A bit of lipstick, high heels, show your legs and boys turn to jelloid?”
“You pig's ass, you jelloid moron ... you've gone and spoiledeverything!”
“_Reform-Kleid_ type, and her figure had the rather jelloid appearance of those who affect this style.”
“You pig's ass, you jelloid moron ... you've gone and spoiled everything!”
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brtom "... but those iron jelloids she had been taking of late had done her a world of good much better than the Widow Welch's female pills ..."
Joyce, Ulysses, 13 Jan 14, 2007