fetish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fetish	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fetish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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; "common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear" 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fetish \Fe"tish\, n., Fetishism \Fe"tishism\ ([?] [or] [?]; 277), n., Fetishistic \Fe`tishis"tic\, a. See {Fetich}, n., {Fetichism}, n., {Fetichistic}, a.