From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fetish \Fe"tish\, n., Fetishism \Fe"tish*ism\ (? or ?; 277), n.,
Fetishistic \Fe`tish*is"tic\, a.
See {Fetich}, n., {Fetichism}, n., {Fetichistic}, a.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fetich \Fe"tich\, Fetish \Fe"tish\, n.[F. f['e]tiche, from Pg.
feiti?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. fetichism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fetish
n 1: 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; "common male fetishes are breasts, legs,
hair, shoes, and underwear"
2: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
[syn: {juju}, {voodoo}, {hoodoo}, {fetish}, {fetich}]
3: excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a
fetish of cleanliness" [syn: {fetish}, {fetich}]
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