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‖ farouche|faruʃ|
Also Sc. farouchie.
[Fr. farouche, of unknown origin; the received connexion with L. ferōcem cruel is untenable.]
Sullen, shy and repellent in manner.
1765H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann. (1857) IV. 412 The King..has great sweetness in his countenance instead of that farouche look which they give. 1814Byron in Moore Life & Lett. (1832) III. 56 It is too farouche; but..my satires are not very playful. 1855Mrs. Gaskell North & S. xliv, She has been very farouche with me for a long time. 1880Ouida Moths I. 298 She is a little farouche. |