fetishist

noun
/ˈfɛtɪʃɪst/

Etymology

From fetish + -ist.

  1. derived from factīcius
  2. derived from feitiço
  3. borrowed from fétiche
  4. suffixed as fetishist — “fetish + ist

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
    • The Fetishist thinks not merely that his Fetish is alive, but that it can help him in war, can cure him of diseases, can grant him prosperity, or afflict him with all the contrary evils.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fetishist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA