encaustic

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This latter mode was called encaustic, and was, according to Plutarch, the most durable of all methods.

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  1. noun A paint consisting of pigment mixed with beeswax and fixed with heat after its application.
  2. noun The art of painting with this substance.
  3. noun A painting produced with the use of this substance.

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

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  1. = French encaustique, from Latin encausticus, from Greek ἐγκαυστικός, of or for burning in, ἐγκαυστική (sc. τέχνη), Latin encaustica, the art of encaustic painting, from ἒγκαυστος, burnt in, painted in, encaustic, from ἐγκαίειν, burn in, from ἐν, in, + καίειν, burn: see caustic. From the neuter ἒγκαυστον (later Late Latin encaustum, purple-red ink) is derived English ink, q. v.
 

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/ɛnˈkɔstɪk/
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