farouche

[ fa-roosh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, French.

fierce.
sullenly unsociable or shy.

farouche

/ faruʃ /

adjective

sullen or shy
socially inept

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Word History and Origins

Origin of farouche¹

First recorded in 1760–70; from French, from Old French faro(u)che, forasche; further origin uncertain; perhaps from Late Latin forāsticus “belonging outside or out of doors” (i.e., not fit to be inside), a derivative of the adverb and preposition forās (also forīs ) “(to the) outside, abroad”; door ( def ); savage ( def ) for similar semantic development

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Word History and Origins

Origin of farouche¹

C18: from French, from Old French faroche , from Late Latin forasticus from without, from Latin foras out of doors

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Example Sentences

"Always farouche, dear Miss Warrender, but I apologize," he continued as he gave her his arm.

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She has been very farouche with me for a long time; and is only just beginning to thaw a little from her Zenobia ways.

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Sa figure est decompose, tous les muscles de son visage sont en contraction, tout son ensemble est farouche et colere.

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She did not observe that the farouche officer in the corner of the coach was shaking with suppressed laughter.

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I called her "La jeune fille farouche" (looked this up first before doing so), and she was always called this afterwards.

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