different between fetish vs fetis

English

Alternative forms

• fetich (dated [18th c.–present])

Etymology

Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin fact?cius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: f?t??sh, f??t?sh, IPA^(key): /?f?t.??/, /?fi?.t??/

Noun

fetish (plural fetishes)

1. Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]
2. Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]

   Synonym: paraphilia
3. An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation; an obsession. [from the 19th c.]
   • 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition), chapter XXII, page 117:

     We have a feeling that it must be "honest" work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of fetish of manual work.

Derived terms

• fet
• fetishism
• fetishist
• fetishistic
• fetishize
• fetishlike
• fetishwear

Translations

Anagrams

• feiths, thiefs

English

Etymology

From Old French fetis, faitis. Compare factitious.

Adjective

fetis (comparative more fetis, superlative most fetis)

1. (obsolete) neat; pretty; well made; graceful

   • Ful fetis was hir cloke, as I was war.

Anagrams

• Feist, Feits, Fites, feist

Latin

Adjective

f?t?s

1. dative masculine plural of f?tus
2. dative feminine plural of f?tus
3. dative neuter plural of f?tus
4. ablative masculine plural of f?tus
5. ablative feminine plural of f?tus
6. ablative neuter plural of f?tus