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chrysalissed

chrysalissed is the alternative form of chrysalised.

Meaning of chrysalised

Adjective

chrysalised (not comparable)

  1. Encased in a chrysalis or as if in a chrysalis.
    • But there is a faëry always folded away in our souls, like a bright butterfly chrysalised, and sailing eastward, layer after layer of propriety, moderation, deference to public opinion, safety of sentiment, and all the thick crusts of compromise and convention roll away, and bending southward up...1862, G[eorge] W[illiam] Curtis, Nile Notes of a “Howadji;” or, The American in Egypt, London: […] Henry Vizetelly, […]. Clarke & Co., […], page 86

Questions about chrysalissed

What is chrysalissed the alternative form of?
Chrysalissed is the alternative form of chrysalised.

Words near chrysalissed in the dictionary

  1. chrysalis
  2. chrysalised
  3. chrysalises
  4. chrysalising
  5. chrysalism
  6. chrysalissed
  7. chrysalisses
  8. chrysallis
  9. chrysallises
  10. chrysaloid
  11. chrysaloids

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