\Fe"tich\, Fetish \Fe"tish\, n.[F. f['e]tiche, from Pg.
feiti?o, 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.