Chrysalis
noun
The hard protective covering formed by some types of insects, like butterflies, when they transform from a caterpillar into an adult.
The butterfly emerges from its chrysalis and spreads its wings for the first time.
Often appears as...
- emerge from a chrysalis
- butterfly chrysalis
noun
A stage of development where changes take place.
She's emerged from her chrysalis of insecurity into a confident performer.
Often appears as...
- emerge from a chrysalis
- chrysalis stage
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Approving
Literary
noun
The hard protective covering formed by some types of insects, like butterflies, when they transform from a caterpillar into an adult.
The butterfly emerges from its chrysalis and spreads its wings for the first time.
Often appears as...
- emerge from a chrysalis
- butterfly chrysalis
noun
A stage of development where changes take place.
She's emerged from her chrysalis of insecurity into a confident performer.
Often appears as...
- emerge from a chrysalis
- chrysalis stage
Usage tips
Approving
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Insect Transformation
Chrysalis specifically refers to the stage where insects change, not the creature itself.
Observe how the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis, foreshadowing the butterfly it will transform into.
Pro Tip 2/3Protection Phase
Chrysalis implies safety for the insect during its vulnerable transformation period.
During the chrysalis phase, the insect is kept safe while it develops wings.
Pro Tip 3/3Metamorphosis Reference
Chrysalis can be used to metaphorically describe a process of significant change.
He is in the chrysalis of his career, forming the foundations of future success.
Pro Tip 1/3Insect Transformation
Chrysalis specifically refers to the stage where insects change, not the creature itself.
Observe how the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis, foreshadowing the butterfly it will transform into.
Pro Tip 2/3Protection Phase
Chrysalis implies safety for the insect during its vulnerable transformation period.
During the chrysalis phase, the insect is kept safe while it develops wings.
Pro Tip 3/3Metamorphosis Reference
Chrysalis can be used to metaphorically describe a process of significant change.
He is in the chrysalis of his career, forming the foundations of future success.
Pro Tip 1/3Insect Transformation
Chrysalis specifically refers to the stage where insects change, not the creature itself.
Observe how the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis, foreshadowing the butterfly it will transform into.
Pro Tip 2/3Protection Phase
Chrysalis implies safety for the insect during its vulnerable transformation period.
During the chrysalis phase, the insect is kept safe while it develops wings.
Pro Tip 3/3Metamorphosis Reference
Chrysalis can be used to metaphorically describe a process of significant change.
He is in the chrysalis of his career, forming the foundations of future success.
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
difficult things to say I think it depends on different areas I would imagine that some areas there's a lot more predation then there is in other zone I mean if you look at out here there's going to be huge amounts of animals it'll predates on poor little caterpillars that are going into a chrysalis to start kind of hatching so I
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How My Mind Came Back to...
I was aware of everything, just like any normal person. I could see and understand everything, but I couldn't find a way to let anybody know. My personality was entombed within a seemingly silent body, a vibrant mind hidden in plain sight within a chrysalis.
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Beautiful Butterfly...
a leaf comes to life a brimstone the butter-colored fly that may have given all butterflies her name and the changing color of a speckled wood chrysalis
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
difficult things to say I think it depends on different areas I would imagine that some areas there's a lot more predation then there is in other zone I mean if you look at out here there's going to be huge amounts of animals it'll predates on poor little caterpillars that are going into a chrysalis to start kind of hatching so I
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How My Mind Came Back to...
I was aware of everything, just like any normal person. I could see and understand everything, but I couldn't find a way to let anybody know. My personality was entombed within a seemingly silent body, a vibrant mind hidden in plain sight within a chrysalis.
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Beautiful Butterfly...
a leaf comes to life a brimstone the butter-colored fly that may have given all butterflies her name and the changing color of a speckled wood chrysalis
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Annie Besant
English Philosopher
Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself, one after the other, its outer casings, and - as the snake from its skin, the butterfly from its chrysalis - emerges from one after another, passing into a higher state of consciousness.
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Sharon Salzberg
American Author
Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with.
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Eric Idle
English Comedian
My education was paid for by the RAF Benevolent Fund, so a charity school, run like an orphanage, with uniforms and beatings. It was tough, but it got me to Cambridge - like being a chrysalis suddenly becoming a butterfly.
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish Actor
You go through your 20s sort of like a chrysalis in many ways, stretching into your own skin and trying to bust out of a cocoon.
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Max Muller
German Educator
Is it sin, which makes the worm a chrysalis, and the chrysalis a butterfly, and the butterfly dust?
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Paul Young
English Singer
Chrysalis Records saw my group, Q-Tips, as a party band. They weren't doing much for our careers.
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Alfred de Vigny
French Poet
Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?
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Annie Besant
English Philosopher
Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself, one after the other, its outer casings, and - as the snake from its skin, the butterfly from its chrysalis - emerges from one after another, passing into a higher state of consciousness.
Quote examples
Sharon Salzberg
American Author
Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with.
Quote examples
Eric Idle
English Comedian
My education was paid for by the RAF Benevolent Fund, so a charity school, run like an orphanage, with uniforms and beatings. It was tough, but it got me to Cambridge - like being a chrysalis suddenly becoming a butterfly.
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish Actor
You go through your 20s sort of like a chrysalis in many ways, stretching into your own skin and trying to bust out of a cocoon.
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Max Muller
German Educator
Is it sin, which makes the worm a chrysalis, and the chrysalis a butterfly, and the butterfly dust?
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Paul Young
English Singer
Chrysalis Records saw my group, Q-Tips, as a party band. They weren't doing much for our careers.
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Alfred de Vigny
French Poet
Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?
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