from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Fierce; wild: an artist who was farouche even in everyday life.
- adj. Exhibiting withdrawn temperament and shyness coupled with an air of cranky, often sullen fey charm: "small, farouche poems illustrated with doodles, a cross between Ogden Nash and Blake” ( Rosemary Dinnage).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Sullen or recalcitrant.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Distant or repellent in manner; unsociable; shy.
French, from Old French faroche, alteration of forasche, from Late Latin forāsticus, belonging outside, from Latin forās, out of doors; see foreign.(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
From French farouche. (Wiktionary)