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chrysalid|ˈkrɪsəlɪd|
[f. L. chrȳsal(l)id-, Gr. χρῡσαλλιδ- stem of χρῡσαλλίς chrysalis; or perhaps from the (mod.) L. pl. chrysalid-es, in English. Cf. F. chrysalide.]
1. = chrysalis 1.
1777Phil. Trans. LXVII. 75 The operations of nature in eggs, Chrysalids. 1835Browning Paracelsus v. 144 Like chrysalids impatient for the air. 1841–71T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 371 The chrysalid..presents very much the appearance of a small barrel.
b. fig. (esp. as in chrysalis 2.)
1880Swinburne Study Shaks. ii. (ed. 2) 100 The cast husk or chrysalid of the noble creature which was to arise and take shape at the transfiguring touch of Shakespeare.
2. attrib. Of or pertaining to a chrysalis (lit. and fig.).
1802–13Bingley Anim. Biog. (ed. 4) I. 44 In their chrysalid state they remain for some time..perfectly inanimate. 1864Realm 22 June 5 We hope, when the Lord Chancellor's Bill has slept its chrysalid winter, it will come out winged with a better promise of reform. |