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Fictile

adjective

Of or relating to the craft of pottery. "Fictile ware"

Susceptible to being led or directed. Synonym: pliable.

Capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material). Synonyms: moldable, plastic.

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"Fictile" Quotes from Famous Books

... are, in their earlier stages, to a large extent, vessel making arts, the one being functionally the offshoot of the other. The textile art is the parent, and, as I have already shown, develops within itself a geometric system of ornament. The fictile art is the offshoot and has within itself no predilection for decoration. It is dependent and plastic. Its forms are to a great extent modeled and molded within the textile shapes and acquire automatically some of the decorative surface characters of the ...

— A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament • William H. Holmes

Words linked to "Fictile" : susceptible, moldable, pliable, elastic, plastic, pottery