ENCAUSTIC


Meaning of ENCAUSTIC in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. (in painting, ceramics, etc.) using pigments mixed with hot wax, which are burned in as an inlay.

2 (of bricks and tiles) inlaid with differently coloured clays burnt in.

--n.

1. the art of encaustic painting.

2 a painting done with this technique.

Etymology: L encausticus f. Gk egkaustikos (as EN-(2), CAUSTIC)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.