Definition of "chrysalides" []

• Plural form of chrysalis. (noun)

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• "The next process is to destroy the life of the chrysalides, which is done either by exposure to the sun, or by the heat of an oven, or of steam."
• "a light, fantastic, idle fellow, turned him and his proud followers into butterflies: and so they continue still (for aught I know to the contrary) roving about in pied coats, and are called chrysalides by the wiser sort of men: that is, golden outsides, drones, and flies, and things of no worth."
• "Dormant as chrysalides, a thousand thoughts that lie"