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fictile

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 : WordNet®

fictile
     adj 1: of or relating to the craft of pottery; "the fictile art";
            "fictile ware"
     2: susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of
        people ripe for propaganda" [syn: {pliable}]
     3: capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or
        clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as
        wax or clay" [syn: {moldable}, {plastic}]
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