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fetishry

fetishry noun: amulets; talismans.

Noun

fetishry (uncountable)

  1. Amulets; talismans.
    • When the black man passes the bit of rag or broken stick or other fetishry in the tropic forest, he gifts it with all he has, […]1885, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Cornhill Magazine, page 438

Origin of fetishry

fetish + -ry

Questions about fetishry

What does fetishry mean?
Fetishry means amulets; talismans.
What part of speech is fetishry?
Fetishry is a noun.

Words near fetishry in the dictionary

  1. fetishizers
  2. fetishizes
  3. fetishizing
  4. fetishizings
  5. fetishlike
  6. fetishry
  7. fetishwear
  8. fetishy
  9. fetlock
  10. fetlocked
  11. fetlocks

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