Associations to the word «Encaustic»

Wiktionary

ENCAUSTIC, adjective. (art) Prepared by means of heat; burned in.
ENCAUSTIC, noun. A wax-based paint that is fixed in place by heating
ENCAUSTIC, noun. A painting produced using this paint

Dictionary definition

ENCAUSTIC, noun. A paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne