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Definition of: encaustic
(en·kôs′tik) adjective
1. Painted and having the hues fixed by heat.
2. Painted in wax and burnt in.
—noun The art of encaustic painting. [<L encausticus <Gk. enkaustikos <en- in + kaiein burn]
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