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prettygoodwordfictile (fik-TAIL) - adj., capable of being molded, plastic; made of a moldable substance, such as clay or earthenware; of or relating to pottery; (fig.) capable of being led or directed.
That last is an uncommon meaning. Contrast with fictive, being made up -- and no, there's no relation between fictile and fiction, as that last is from a Latin root meaning to deceive while this is from fingere, to shape/form. (The two words do share a PIE root, *dʰeyǵʰ-, to mold, but were already different words in Latin.)
---L.
That last is an uncommon meaning. Contrast with fictive, being made up -- and no, there's no relation between fictile and fiction, as that last is from a Latin root meaning to deceive while this is from fingere, to shape/form. (The two words do share a PIE root, *dʰeyǵʰ-, to mold, but were already different words in Latin.)
---L.
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