Fictile \Fic"tile\, a. [L. fictilis. See Fiction.]
Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art;
relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material.
Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth.
--Bacon.
The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art. --C.
Wordsworth.
Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or
shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort. --
Fic"tile*ness, n. -- Fic*til"i*ty, n.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |