Uttal

    • IPA: /ˈkɹɪs.ə.lɪs/

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place
  2. (figurative) A strong constraint.

Exempel

  • 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.

Böjningsformer

Pluralchrysalises
Pluralchrysalides

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