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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

fa•rouche adj. [French.]

Foreign Termsfierce.
Foreign Termssullenly unsociable or shy.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

farouche / faruʃ/

sullen or shy

Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Old French faroche, from Late Latin forasticus from without, from Latin foras out of doors

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