chrysalis

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Antonyms for chrysalis

Word Origin & History

c.1600, from Latin chrysallis, from Greek khrysallis (genitive khrysallidos) "golden colored pupa of the butterfly," from khrysos "gold," perhaps of Semitic origin (cf. Hebrew and Phoenician harutz "gold") + second element meaning something like "sheath." Seeking a plural, OED leans toward the classically correct chrysalides.

Example Sentences forchrysalis

I hate musical people; that is, when in the chrysalis state of learning.

Hers were ice cold—but inside they tingled and glowed, like a worm of fire in a chrysalis of ice.

The caterpillar and the chrysalis belong to the embryonic period.

He struck the only thing within his reach, the chrysalis case itself.

Childhood is a chrysalis from which each must extricate himself.

I only meant,' said I, 'that a chrysalis is an innocent thing.'

The pupa, or chrysalis, we have found in the cells the last of July.

At the end of the walk he begged the doctor to accept the chrysalis.

When about to change to the chrysalis state, they suspend themselves by the tail.

No butterfly ever goes back into its chrysalis and becomes a grub again.

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