Dictionary

fetishy en · ADJ

Etymology

From fetish + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
   • 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:
   • 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:

Forms

Antonyms

normophilic