Associations to the word «Chrysalis»

Wiktionary

CHRYSALIS, noun. The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place
CHRYSALIS, noun. (figurative) A strong constraint.

Dictionary definition

CHRYSALIS, noun. Pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope