Fictile Definition

fĭktəl, -tīl
adjective
That can be molded; plastic.
Webster's New World
Formed of molded clay, earth, etc.
Webster's New World
Of pottery or ceramics.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Fictile

  • Latin fictilis made of clay from fictus past participle of fingere to mold dheigh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin fictilus, from fictus (from fingere (“to shape, form, devise”)) + -ilis

    From Wiktionary

Fictile Sentence Examples

  • The exterior is richly and peculiarly ornamented, to show the progress of fictile art.

  • A graphic representation of the workshop of a Greek sculptor in bronze is given on a fictile vase in the Berlin Museum (see Gerhard's Trinkschalen, plates xii., xiii.).

  • I had read of the potter's clay and wheel in Scripture, but it had never occurred to me that the pots we use were not such as had come down unbroken from those days, or grown on trees like gourds somewhere, and I was pleased to hear that so fictile an art was ever practiced in my neighborhood.

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Words Starting With

FFIFIC

Words Ending With

ELEILE

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Words Starting With F and Ending With E

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With F7 Letter Words Ending With E