farouche

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French farouche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fəˈɹuːʃ/ Rhymes: -uːʃ === Adjective === farouche (comparative more farouche, superlative most farouche) Sullen or recalcitrant. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From Old French faroche, alteration of forasche, from Late Latin forāsticus (“belonging outside”), from Latin forās (“out of doors”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fa.ʁuʃ/ === Adjective === farouche (plural farouches) (of animals) wild, shy of humans apprivoiser une bête farouche ― to tame a wild beast shy, unsociable, retiring, hesitant un regard farouche ― a shy glance (of women) distant, unapproachable stubborn, intransigent (of things) savage, dangerous, fierce (of supporters) staunch ==== Derived terms ==== farouchement effaroucher === Further reading === “farouche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012