ENCAUSTIC


Meaning of ENCAUSTIC in English

— encaustically , adv.

/en kaw"stik/ , adj.

1. painted with wax colors fixed with heat, or with any process in which colors are burned in.

n.

2. a work of art produced by an encaustic process.

[ 1650-60; encausticus enkaustikós for burning in. See EN- 2 , CAUSTIC ]

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