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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fictile 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: {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: {moldable}, {plastic}]
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