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fa·rouche

   [fa-roosh]
adjective French.
1.
fierce.
2.
sullenly unsociable or shy.
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farouche (faruʃ)
 
—adj
1.  sullen or shy
2.  socially inept
 
[C18: from French, from Old French faroche, from Late Latin forasticus from without, from Latin foras out of doors]

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