fetich

IPA: fˈɛtɪtʃ

Dated form of fetish. [Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.]

Examples of "fetich" in Sentences

"Well, I suppose because of what you would call a fetich," Frida answered laughing.
The fetich is a symbol of the desired person, thus the handkerchief and glove of the woman or the hat of the man.
Sometimes the odor of the armpit may even become a kind of fetich which is craved for its own sake and in itself suffices to give pleasure.
Instead of being, as we have patriotically supposed, a real progress in human development, it is only a fetich, which is becoming rapidly a failure.
The English word fetish can be traced back to the medieval Portuguese word fetich, which refers to religious relics believed to possess magical properties.
When fifteenth-century Portuguese explorers arrived in West Africa and discovered that local peoples believed that their religious carvings possessed similar spirit powers, the word fetich was applied to their holy artifacts as well.