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Fetish vs Fetis - What's the difference?

fetish | fetis |

As a noun fetish

is something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.

As an adjective fetis is

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

fetish

English

(wikipedia fetish)

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(es)
  • Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
  • Something sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body, which arouses sexual desire or is necessary for one to reach full sexual satisfaction.
    • I know a guy who has a foot fetish .
  • (US) An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation.
  • * 1933': ''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.'' -- George Orwell, ''Down and Out in Paris and London , Ch. XXII, pg. 117 (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition).

    • Related terms

    * fetishism * fetishist * fetishistic * fetishlike * fetishize * fetishwear

    fetis

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) neat; pretty; well made; graceful
  • * Chaucer
    • Full fetis was her cloak, as I was ware.
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