chrysalid
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of chrysalid
1770–80; representing stem of Greek chrȳsallís chrysalis
Example Sentences
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Typical chrysalid hostess is short, black-haired Gloria Gooze, 20, refugee from movie ambitions.
From Time Magazine Archive
"A chrysalid," Stryker said, bending to gauge the damage Farrell's heavy boot had done.
From Pet Farm by Aycock, Roger D.
At this demand, the shriveled woman raised her bony form, flung off her rags, and grew tall and radiant, smiling as she broke forth from the dark chrysalid sheath.
From Christ in Flanders by Marriage, Ellen
Chrysalis has only the Latin plural, chrysalides; but chrysalid, which means the same as chrysalis, takes the English plural, chrysalids.
From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks
From the room across the hall she brought Celia, a chrysalid child, sleeping heavily, closely wrapped in an old plaid shawl, and laid her on Joel's bed.
From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Smith, Harriet L.
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