'Fictile' definitions:

Definition of 'fictile'

From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to the craft of pottery; "the fictile art"; "fictile ware"
adjective
Susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda" [syn: fictile, pliable]
adjective
Capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay" [syn: fictile, moldable, plastic]

Definition of 'Fictile'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art. --C. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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