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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIC'TILE, a. [L. fictilis, from fictus, fingo, to feign.]
Molded into form by art; manufactured by the potter.
Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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: fictile, 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: fictile, moldable, plastic]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin fictilis molded of clay, from fingere Date: 1626 1. archaic plastic 2a 2. of or relating to pottery 3. malleable 2a

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 made of earth or clay by a potter. 2 of pottery. Etymology: L fictilis f. fingere fict- fashion

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.





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