fetishism, fetichism
(noun) sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs)
fetishism, fetichism
(noun) a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fetichism (countable and uncountable, plural fetichisms)
Archaic form of fetishism.
Chapter 1: What is Fetichism?
Source: Wiktionary
fe"tich*ism, Fe"tish*ism ( or ); 277), n.Etym: [Cf. F. fétichisme.] [Written also feticism.]
1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.
2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration. The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. Tylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 July 2024
(adjective) free from danger or risk; “secure from harm”; “his fortune was secure”; “made a secure place for himself in his field”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
