Antonyms for fictile

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fik-tl; British fik-tahyl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪk tl; British ˈfɪk taɪl

Definition of fictile

As in plastic : adj flexible, soft; made of manufactured, treated compounds
As in earthen : adj clay
As in pliant : adj adaptable
As in waxy : adj containing wax

Example sentences :

Ovid, Fasti i. 201, says that the god had in his hand a fictile fulmen.
Extract from : « The Religious Experience of the Roman People » by W. Warde Fowler

In the first none of the fictile ware was turned on the wheel or fire-baked.
Extract from : « The Masculine Cross » by Anonymous

For ours is a most fictile world; and man is the most fingent plastic of creatures.
Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Thomas Carlyle

In Fictile art, in Fictile history, it is equally exemplary.
Extract from : « Val d'Arno » by John Ruskin

The first and most obvious subdivision which the early British fictile ware admits of, is into hand-made and wheel-made pottery.
Extract from : « The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland » by Daniel Wilson

It was much used for the ornamentation of friezes and interiors, for the decoration of fictile vases, the borders of dresses, &c.
Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 » by Various

They take a high place among American fictile products for grace of form and beauty of decoration.
Extract from : « Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia » by William Henry Holmes

Many others of the Indian tribes practised the fictile art, very few, so far as is known, being entirely ignorant of it.
Extract from : « The Ceramic Art » by Jennie J. Young

Fictile, fik′til, adj. used or fashioned by the potter, plastic.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various

Figuline, fig′ū-lin, adj. such as is made by the potter, fictile.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various

Synonyms for fictile

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