fictile

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: fic=tile

CIDE DICTIONARY

fictile, 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."  [1913 Webster]
"The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art."  [1913 Webster]

Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fictile, adj.
1 made of earth or clay by a potter.
2 of pottery.

Etymology

L fictilis f. fingere fict- fashion

ROGET THESAURUS

fictile

Form

N form, figure, shape, conformation, configuration, make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib, stamp, type, cast, mold, fashion, contour, structure, plasmature, feature, lineament, turn, phase, posture, attitude, pose, morphism, isomorphism, forming, formation, figuration, efformation, sculpture, plasmation, formed, plastic, fictile, formative, fluid, plasmic, isomorphous, pleomorphic, protean, changeable.