chrysalis
To form a chrysalis or cocoonTo form a chrysalis or cocoon.
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» Humanity has yet to form its chrysalis.
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2 senses(intransitive)To form a chrysalis or cocoon.
(intransitive)To metamorphize, to undergo metamorphosis, to transform.
Examples
4 sentencesHumanity has yet to form its chrysalis.
What's the difference between a cocoon and a chrysalis?
Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?
We saw several swallowtails and caterpillars. And there's this really fat one that should be turning into a chrysalis soon.
Origin
From Latin chrysalis, variant of chrȳsallis, from Ancient Greek χρυσαλλίς (khrusallís), usFrom Latin chrysalis, variant of chrȳsallis, from Ancient Greek χρυσαλλίς (khrusallís), usually derived from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold, golden”) + -αλλ- + -ις (-is, “-id: forming feminine nouns”) but compare θρυαλλίς (thruallís) and ἀρυβαλλίς (aruballís), both believed to come from a Pre-Greek substrate on the basis of their unusual endings.
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Forms
chrysalises, chrysalising, chrysalised, chrysalised| Base form | chrysalis · to chrysalis |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | chrysalises |
| Present participle | chrysalising |
| Past simple | chrysalised |
| Past participle | chrysalised |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.