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encaustic

adj

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγκαυστικός (enkaustikós, “burning in”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”).

  1. borrowed from ἐγκαυστικός — “burning in”

Definitions

  1. Prepared by means of heat

    Prepared by means of heat; burned in.

    • After all, no sealant or finish is necessary in the encaustic medium, and shellac is stinky, caustic and messy.

  2. A wax-based paint that is fixed in place by heating.

    • It has become usual in discussions of Flags facture to use the terms, suggested by [Jasper] Johns himself, ‘encaustic', oil and collage on fabric’.
    • I have worked in encaustic and I really love encaustic printmaking, but when it comes to painting, I love my acrylics.

  3. A painting produced using this type of paint.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for encaustic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA