Chrysalis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɹɪsəlɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chrysalis is a noun meaning The bare hanging cocoon of butterfly pupae; (originally) any cocoon.
Meaning
The bare hanging cocoon of butterfly pupae; (originally) any cocoon.
More Meanings
- (figurative) Any limiting environment or situation escaped during one's growth or development in the manner of a butterfly.
- To form a chrysalis or cocoon.
- To metamorphize, to undergo metamorphosis, to transform.
- A butterfly pupa or the pupal stage of the butterfly lifestyle; (originally) any pupal stage of any insect wherein the pupa is largely inactive and takes no food.
Example Sentences
Caterpillars, chrysalisses soon reveal / The future gandy butterfly.
A project on butterflies! And caterpillars and chrysalisses and things, and lots of nice drawings, coloured with felt pens.
Fanny was afraid. She was like an insect new-hatched from its chrysalis, naked and unprotected in a dawn she could not face.
However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.
Word Forms
- chrysalises
- chrysalides
- chrysalisses
- chrysallis
- chrysalid
- chrysaloid
- chrysalising
- chrysalised
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pupa, chrysaloid, chrysalid, cocoon, teleiochrysalis, puparium.
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