Thesaurus: fictile

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1. a. Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material.
2. adj. of or relating to the craft of pottery
3. adj. susceptible to being led or directed
4. adj. capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
5. 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.
6. Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relatingto 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 shapedwhile soft; hence, pottery of any sort.-- Fic"tile*ness, n.-- Fic*til"i*ty, n.
7. a. of or relating to the craft of pottery s. susceptible to being led or directed s. capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)