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fic⋅tile

  [fik-tl; Brit. fik-tahyl]
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–adjective
1. capable of being molded.
2. made of earth, clay, etc., by a potter.
3. of or pertaining to pottery.
Origin:
1620–30; < L fictilis earthen (lit., moldable), equiv. to fict(us) shaped (ptp. of fingere) + -ilis -ile
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fic·tile   (fĭk'təl, -tīl')   
adj.  

    1. Capable of being molded; plastic.

    2. Formed of a moldable substance, such as clay or earth.

  2. Of or relating to earthenware or pottery.


[Latin fictilis, made of clay, from fictus, past participle of fingere, to mold; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]
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