1610s, fatisso "material object regarded with awe as having mysterious powers or being the representative of a deity that may be worshipped through it"
here included as a possible relative of fetch
Today's (primarily sexual) understanding of the word is the result of a classic ☣ artificum distortion. The most effective concealment is the one which obfuscates (something) by sprinkling new associations atop, thus drowning the previous understanding.
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |