fetishist
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈfɛtɪʃɪst/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin factus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin factīcius Portuguese feitiçobor. French fétichebor. English fetish Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English fetishist From fetish + -ist.
- One who has a sexual fetish.
“Like other fetishists, they [foot fetishists] derive a great deal of sexual pleasure from a particular object, in this case, feet.”
“A social media convention among young and famous people is not to show bare feet to avoid attention from foot fetishists.”
- A believer in magical fetishes or talismans.
“As well might we charge the people of Massachusetts with being Fetichists, as the Professor charge us with worshipping images.”
“These races were Fetichists before they became Buddhist, Mahometan, or Christian.”