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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 fic·tile /ˈfɪktḷ, ˌtaɪl/
 (a.)塑造的,可塑造性的,陶土製的陶製品

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fic·tile a.  Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material.
    Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth.   --Bacon.
    The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art.   --C. Wordsworth.
 Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort.
 -- Fic*tile*ness, n. -- Fic*til*i*ty n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 fictile
      adj 1: of or relating to the craft of pottery; "the fictile art";
             "fictile ware"
      2: susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of
         people ripe for propaganda" [syn: pliable]
      3: capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or
         clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as
         wax or clay" [syn: moldable, plastic]