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Definition of Farouche
1. sullenly shy [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Farouche
Literary usage of Farouche
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prose Writers of America: With a Survey of the Intellectual History by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1856)
"You will hear the consequences, and then I will say him no, if you wish it." "
Veil, sare, vat are de big consequence if I say no ? Tis von dem farouche ..."
2. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"farouche, adj. wild. Ces anima« tat Im- farouches, these animals are very wild.
... Cette jeune personne est si farouche! this young prl il so shy T Je ..."
3. William Makepeace Thackeray by Charles Whibley (1903)
"Alone, farouche, and intractable,"— it is in these terms that she is described,—and "
alone, farouche, and intractable " she remains to the end. ..."
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