ceramist

[ suh-ram-ist, ser-uh-mist ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1850–55; ceram(ic) + -ist

The English potter and ceramist Josiah Wedgwood loved the meander.

Now Pu had discovered those witchcrafts of color, those surprises of grace, that make the art of the ceramist.

Thus we find him at Svres, a ceramist; he has carried on so many different trades that he succeeds marvelously with this one.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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