FICTILE - 6 definitions found
fictile adj 1: of or relating to the craft of pottery; "the fictile art"; "fictile ware" 2: susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda" [syn: fictile, pliable] 3: capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay" [syn: fictile, moldable, plastic] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) fictile adjective Etymology: Latin fictilis molded of clay, from fingere Date: 1626 1. archaic plastic 2a 2. of or relating to pottery 3. malleable 2a Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary fictile ˈfɪktɪl adj. 1 made of earth or clay by a potter. 2 of pottery. [L fictilis f. fingere fict- fashion] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Fictile \Fic"tile\, a. [L. fictilis. See Fiction.] Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material. Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth. --Bacon. The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art. --C. Wordsworth. Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort. -- Fic"tile*ness, n. -- Fic*til"i*ty, n. |
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