Chrysalised
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Chrysalised is an adjective meaning Encased in a chrysalis or as if in a chrysalis.
Meaning
Encased in a chrysalis or as if in a chrysalis.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of chrysalis
Example Sentences
In a surviving photograph, she’s chrysalised in a huge black silk dress.
Baptised, not evangelised, / the chrysalised butterfly / spreads wings dappled / with bloody specks, and / mates with clouds, / Rapturous.
In this instance the sinister chrysalised pupa – an image which had been used by the Librans in the past – represented a symbolic play on the word ‘bug’.
The furled sails were chrysalised butterflies, not yet ready for their day, shut away until the moment when they would leap forth in all their surprising beauty.
Word Forms
- chrysalissed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pupa, imago, mature, adult.
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