fetich : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fetich	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fetich
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fetich n a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers Synonym(s): juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness" Synonym(s): fetish, fetich
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fetich \Fe"tich\, Fetish \Fe"tish\, n.[F. f[82]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. 2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted.