Monday Word: Ficitle
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1word1dayfictile
[fikt(ə)l, ˈfikˌtīl]
adjective
1. made of earth or clay by a potter.
2. relating to pottery or its manufacture.
3. capable of being molded; plastic.
origin
early 17th century: from Latin fictilis, from fict- ‘formed, contrived’, from the verb fingere
examples
Examples of this kind of weaving may be obtained from the fictile remains of nearly all the Atlantic States.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. PREHISTORIC TEXTILE FABRICS OF THE UNITED STATES,
DERIVED FROM IMPRESSIONS ON POTTERY. WILLIAM H. HOLMES.
Other productions of the Company are the egg-shell specimens of fictile ware, which demand the most artistic skill of the potter.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast.
[fikt(ə)l, ˈfikˌtīl]
adjective
1. made of earth or clay by a potter.
2. relating to pottery or its manufacture.
3. capable of being molded; plastic.
origin
early 17th century: from Latin fictilis, from fict- ‘formed, contrived’, from the verb fingere
examples
Examples of this kind of weaving may be obtained from the fictile remains of nearly all the Atlantic States.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. PREHISTORIC TEXTILE FABRICS OF THE UNITED STATES,
DERIVED FROM IMPRESSIONS ON POTTERY. WILLIAM H. HOLMES.
Other productions of the Company are the egg-shell specimens of fictile ware, which demand the most artistic skill of the potter.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast.
