different between earthenware vs fictile

English

Etymology

From earthen +? -ware, first recorded appearance in 1673.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????(?)nw??/

Noun

earthenware (countable and uncountable, plural earthenwares)

1. (ceramics, often attributive) An opaque, semi-porous ceramic made from clay and other compounds.

   Coordinate term: stoneware

Translations

References

Further reading

• earthenware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Latin fictilus, from fictus (from fingere (“to shape, form, devise”)) + -ilis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?kt?l/, /?f?kt?l/, /?f?kta?l/

Adjective

fictile (comparative more fictile, superlative most fictile)

1. Capable of being molded into the shape of an artifact or art work
2. (of an art work or artifact) Molded of clay or earth
3. (pottery) Of or relating to earthenware
4. (figuratively) Capable of being led or directed

Synonyms

• pliable; see also Thesaurus:moldable

Translations

Latin

Adjective

fictile

1. nominative neuter singular of fictilis
2. accusative neuter singular of fictilis
3. vocative neuter singular of fictilis

References

• fictile in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fictile in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin