fictile

American  

[fik-tl, fik-tahyl] / ˈfɪk tl, ˈfɪk taɪl /

adjective

1. capable of being molded.

2. made of earth, clay, etc., by a potter.

3. of or relating to pottery.

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fictile British  

/ ˈfɪktaɪl /

adjective

1. moulded or capable of being moulded from clay; plastic

2. made of clay by a potter

3. relating to the craft of pottery

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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

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

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 Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

In the first none of the fictile ware was turned on the wheel or fire-baked.

From The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Anonymous

The fictile art is the offshoot and has within itself no predilection for decoration.

From A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages 189-252) by Holmes, William Henry

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

Related Words

• malleable
• pliable
• supple