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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)
 

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