'Fetich' definitions:

Definition of 'fetich'

(from WordNet)
noun
A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers [syn: juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich]
noun
Excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness" [syn: fetish, fetich]

Definition of 'Fetich'

From: 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

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