Capable of being shaped or molded; made of pottery or clay; relating to something that can be formed or fashioned.
From Latin 'fictilis,' from 'fictus' (shaped, molded). This adjective is quite rare in modern English but appears in older scientific and archaeological texts.
Archaeologists use 'fictil' or 'fictile' to describe pottery and clay objects from ancient times—it basically means 'hand-shaped'! The word reminds us that ancient craftspeople were molding clay long before machines existed.
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