chrysalis
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:55 pm
[kris-uh-lis]
1. the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
2. anything in the process of developing
His thoughts floated then serenely in the empyrean, and he felt towards her the horror that perhaps the painted butterfly, hovering about the flowers, feels to the filthy chrysalis from which it has triumphantly emerged.
1. the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
2. anything in the process of developing
His thoughts floated then serenely in the empyrean, and he felt towards her the horror that perhaps the painted butterfly, hovering about the flowers, feels to the filthy chrysalis from which it has triumphantly emerged.