Farouche, What Does That Word Mean

[sandyRoe]

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Does it mean anything other than shy and reserved?

[naomi24]

Why are you asking?

[Redhelen72]

To answer your question Sandy.

sullen or shy in company.

"how farouche you are—I refuse to stay and talk to you any longer"

[Tilly2]

In French, farouche can mean "wild" or "shy," just as it does in English. It is an alteration of the Old French word forasche, which derives via Late Latin forasticus ("living outside") from Latin foras, meaning "outdoors." In its earliest English uses, in the middle of the 18th century, farouche was used to describe someone who was awkward in social situations, perhaps as one who has lived apart from groups of people. The word can also mean "disorderly," as in "farouche ruffians out to cause trouble."

[sandyRoe]

Naomi,

I was listening to a u tube broadcast and I heard a word that caused me embarrassed 

[sandyRoe]

In the sense I didn't know what it meant in the context.  It seemed incongruous 

[Peter Pedant]

 +  + + +  the devil depart ! sully us not !

( the + 's are signs of the cross)

I notice Latin and French ( MIXED - disgusting!) in a post above. well THAT wont last long, Tilly I notice is NOT a mod pet. un-mimmsy score 10/10

I cd only do Larouche, and barouche  - which is a thing and not a mood

but very interesting tho'

[naomi24]

sandyRoe, depending upon what you were watching, it can mean hostile and violent.  Is that what you were thinking?

[sandyRoe]

Yes.  It was an ambiguous word.

[maggiebee]

From the Merriam Webster dictionary.  Have heard the word but never used it.

 

1   WILD

2   marked by shyness and lack of social graces