Meaning of chrysalism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A state of transition or development.
   dated, rare, uncountable
2. A state of dormancy or rest.
   dated, rare, uncountable
3. The sheltered tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.
   neologism, rare, uncountable

Examples

“Mrs. Fuggleston, however, was not to be caught so easily: the night was rainy– and, long before Mr. Gervaise Skinner reached the green-room, the public vehicle of Taunton, which during the last⟳ few years, had ripened from the chrysalism of a sedan-chair into the gayer beauties of a fly⟳, had borne the divine fair one to her home in the costume which had so captivated my hero, […]”

“The world, however perfected it may become⟳ by means of utilitarian science, however utopian it may be made by human effort, can never be more, at best, than a state of chrysalism, preparatory to the incomparably greater state of Nirvāna.”

“I was at that stage⟳ of chrysalism when boys dream⟳ of becoming bushrangers, engine drivers, or champion pugilists.”

“Since Mr. Head's arrival in the woods, the weather had been uncertain; the snow⟳ was slushy, and walking far impracticable without the aid of snow-shoes, of which he had a horror; but on the 6th of March⟳ the world assumed another aspect, the snow⟳ clothed in glass, and the bay was frozen. A new pleasure was opened to him, he put⟳ on his skates, and seemed to have⟳ found a new sense⟳; he had got wings and had left the state of chrysalism.”

“The silence was awful, and moreover much like⟳ the calm which precedes the storm; no sooner had the servants withdrawn than Mrs. Meadows, bursting from the chrysalism of taciturnity into the bright glow of volubility , started the agreeable topics of filial disobedience, maternal sorrows, the ingratitude of children, the folly of girls, and the merits of young Felton of Haversfield […]”

“The very sight of your writing, my dear Sir, does me good. Here I am still in my armed chair, having been during the last⟳ fourteen weeks three times out of the house–once to call⟳ at Dorchester House, once to dine with Sir Francis Burdett, and once on unavoidable business, all of which days were mild and moist. I have⟳ by reducing myself to this state of chrysalism, quite escaped cough, and hope⟳ now to act butterfly on the large scale.”

“Chrysalism overcame me, the feeling of amniotic tranquility you get⟳ when experiencing a thunderstorm from indoors.”

“The cavern was large, dark, and comfortable in the sense⟳ of a spring⟳ thunderstorm rolling above. Chrysalism, the amniotic tranquility of being indoors and safe; located a mile underground.”

“But the pattering of the rain⟳ against the glass door of the balcony was so intense and unsettling that for a brief moment, I experienced chrysalism.”

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