First Known Use: 1601
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encaustic
noun en·caus·tic \in-ˈkȯ-stik\
Definition of ENCAUSTIC
: a paint made from pigment mixed with melted beeswax and resin and after application fixed by heat; also : the method involving the use of encaustic or a work produced by this method
— encaustic adjective
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Origin of ENCAUSTIC
encaustic, adjective, from Latin encausticus, from Greek enkaustikos, from enkaiein to burn in, from en- + kaiein to burn
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