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fetishy

fetishy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a fetish.

Adjective

fetishy (comparative more fetishy, superlative most fetishy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
    • While plenty of people called the Coca-Cola headquarters to complain about New Coke’s taste, I’ll bet no one called to complain about the visionary in the fetishy eyeglasses in charge of the situation.2009 August 19, Alex Kuczynski, “Pulp Friction”, in New York Times
    • The traditional female silhouettes now flicker over fetishy leather boots. When a woman's face appears it is that of Bond's torturer, not his love interest.2015, Adrian Daub, Charles Kronengold, The James Bond Songs: Pop Anthems of Late Capitalism, page 191

Antonyms of fetishy

Forms of fetishy

comparativemore fetishy
superlativemost fetishy

Origin of fetishy

From fetish + -y.

Questions about fetishy

What does fetishy mean?
Fetishy means resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
What part of speech is fetishy?
Fetishy is an adjective.

Words near fetishy in the dictionary

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

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