casulo

Alteration of casula,^[1][2] from Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).

• Rhymes: -ulu
• Hyphenation: ca‧su‧lo

casulo m (plural casulos)

1. cocoon (the silky case that protects the chrysalis of insects)
2. (figurative, by extension) cocoon (any protective case, real or metaphorical)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:casulo.

• encasular