FETE
Fete, n. pl. Etym: [See Foot.]
Defn: Feet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FETE
Fête, n. Etym: [F. See Feast.]
Defn: A festival. Fête champêtre ( Etym: [F.], a festival or entertainment in the open air; a rural festival.
FETE
Fête, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fêted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fêting.] Etym: [Cf.
F. fêter.]
Defn: To feast; to honor with a festival.
FETICH; FETISH
Fe"tich, Fe"tish, n.Etym: [F. fétiche, from Pg. feiti, adj., n.,
sorcery, charm, fr. L. facticius made by art, artifical, factitious.
See Factitious.]
1. A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being.
2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted.
FETICHISM; FETISHISM fe"tich*ism, Fe"tish*ism ( or ); 277), n.Etym: [Cf. F. fétichisme.] [Written also feticism.]