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encaustic
[ en-kaw-stik ]
/ ɛnˈkɔ stɪk /
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adjective
painted with wax colors fixed with heat, or with any process in which colors are burned in.
noun
a work of art produced by an encaustic process.
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en·caus·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby encaustic
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How to use encaustic in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for encaustic
encaustic
/ (ɪnˈkɒstɪk) ceramics /
adjective
decorated by any process involving burning in colours, esp by inlaying coloured clays and baking or by fusing wax colours to the surface
noun
the process of burning in colours
a product of such a process
Derived forms of encaustic
encaustically, adverbWord Origin for encaustic
C17: from Latin encausticus, from Greek enkaustikos, from enkaiein to burn in, from kaiein to burn
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