encaustic

en·caus·tic  (n-kôstk)

n.

1. A paint consisting of pigment mixed with beeswax and fixed with heat after its application.

2. The art of painting with this substance.

3. A painting produced with the use of this substance.

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[Latin encausticus, from Greek enkaustikos, from enkaiein, enkau-, to paint in encaustic : en-, in; see en-² + kaiein, to burn.]

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encaustic [ɪnˈkɒstɪk] Ceramics

adj

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) decorated by any process involving burning in colours, esp by inlaying coloured clays and baking or by fusing wax colours to the surface

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) the process of burning in colours

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a product of such a process

[from Latin encausticus, from Greek enkaustikos, from enkaiein to burn in, from kaiein to burn]

encaustically  adv

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

encaustic - a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application paint, pigment - a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"