| Fetis | a. [ OF. fetis, faitis. Cf. Factitious. ] Neat; pretty; well made; graceful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Full fetis was her cloak, as I was ware. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fetisely | adv. Neatly; gracefully; properly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. |
| Fetish | { n. }[ F. fétiche, from Pg. feiti&unr_;o, adj., n., sorcery, charm, fr. L. facticius made by art, artifical, factitious. See Factitious. ] 1. A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted. Variants: Fetich |
| Fetishism | { 277), n. }[ Cf. F. fétichisme. ] [ Written also feticism. ] 1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration. [ 1913 Webster ] The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. Tylor. Variants: fetichism |
| Fetishist | { n. } A believer in fetiches. [ 1913 Webster ] He was by nature a fetichist. H. Holbeach. Variants: Fetichist |
| Fetishistic | n., n., a. See Fetich, n., Fetichism, n., Fetichistic, a. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Fetishism, Fetish |
| Fetishistic | { a. } Pertaining to, or involving, fetichism. [ 1913 Webster ] A man of the fifteenth century, inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief, of epicurean levity and fetichistic dread. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Fetichistic |
| fetish | (n) a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body, Example: common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear |
| fetish | (n) excessive or irrational devotion to some activity, Syn. fetich, Example: made a fetish of cleanliness |
| fetishism | (n) a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish), Syn. fetichism |
| fetishism | (n) sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs), Syn. fetichism |
| fetishist | (n) one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) |
| fetishize | (v) make a fetish of |
