farouche

Meaning

  1. wild, shy of humans
  2. shy, unsociable, retiring, hesitant
  3. distant, unapproachable
  4. stubborn, intransigent
  5. savage, dangerous, fierce
  6. staunch

Frequency

27k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fa.ʁuʃ/
Etymology

From Old French faroche, alteration of forasche, from Late Latin forāsticus (“belonging outside”), from Latin forās (“out of doors”).

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