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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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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
In the first none of the fictile ware was turned on the wheel or fire-baked.
Greek embroideries we can perfectly appreciate, by studying Hope’s “Costumes of the Ancients,” and the works of Millingen and others; also the fictile vases in the British Museum and elsewhere.
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
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 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
His home was stored with the most beautiful products of the manufacturer's skill in fictile arts, and on its walls hung the most approved examples of the painter's skill.
From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by L. P. Gratacap
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