fictile
Americanadjective
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capable of being molded.
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made of earth, clay, etc., by a potter.
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of or relating to pottery.
adjective
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moulded or capable of being moulded from clay; plastic
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made of clay by a potter
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relating to the craft of pottery
Etymology
Origin of fictile
First recorded in 1620–30; from Latin fictilis “earthen” (literally, “moldable”), equivalent to fict(us) “shaped” (past participle of fingere ) + -ilis -ile
Example Sentences
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Dress was adorned with embroidered spots and Etruscan borders, and the ladies wore diadems, and tried to be as like as possible to the Greek women painted in fictile art.
From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
From him Francesco Xanto caught Something of his transcendent grace, And into fictile fabrics wrought Suggestions of the master's thought.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
In the first none of the fictile ware was turned on the wheel or fire-baked.
It was much used for the ornamentation of friezes and interiors, for the decoration of fictile vases, the borders of dresses, &c.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Then we meet him in the Vedas, the Being, "by whom the fictile vase is formed; the clay out of which it is fabricated."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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