encaustic
pronunciation
How to pronounce encaustic in British English:
UK [en'kɔ:stɪk]
How to pronounce encaustic in American English:
US [en'kɔstɪk]
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- Noun:
- a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application
Word Origin
- encaustic
- encaustic: see ink
- encaustic
- c. 1600 (n.), "art of encaustic painting;" 1650s (adj.) "produced by burning in," from Greek enkaustikos, from enkaiein "to burn in" from en (see en- (2)) + kaiein "to burn" (see caustic). "Strictly applicable only to painting executed or finished by the agency of heat" [Century Dictionary].
Example
- 1. The batik pictures are the combination of the encaustic and dyeing .
- 2. Study on a quick-dry waterborne colored encaustic tile coating .
- 3. Every encaustic has its serial number and the collection certificate ; it is really uncommon art curiosa .
- 4. Encaustic painting was the ancient method of fixing pigments with heated wax . It was probably first practiced in egypt about 3000b . C. and is thought to have reached its peak in classical greece , although no examples from that period survive .
- 5. Ningbo yinzhou zhongma encaustic tile color matching factory .