Let's have a few words

Farouche [ fa-roosh ]
     adjective
1: wild
2: marked by shyness and lack of social graces
     Etymology:
In French, farouche can mean “wild” or “shy,”…. 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…

Donna rocks a decidedly farouche demeanor. She’s bound to disturb and offend other dinner party guests.

Quadrivial [ kwo-driv-ee-uhl ]
     adjective
having four ways or roads meeting in a point.

No. Sorry. This word is clearly the next level up from trivial which, obviously, means 'three things of little value or importance.' Quadrivial = 'FOUR things of little value or importance.' Duh!

Cakeage
     noun
a fee charged by a restaurant for serving a cake brought in from outside.
     Etymology:
Cakeage is modeled on corkage, which is a fee charged when patrons bring their own wine or liquor to a restaurant. Cake ultimately comes from Old Norse kaka…

Okay, clearly our buds at Merriam-Webster have elaborately botched this one to hell and back. While cakeage is, in point of fact, a noun its meaning is either:
1: a quantity of sweet baked goods. e.g., We have to stop at Saint Fratelli’s for cakeage before we go to the party.
or
2 : a reference to my boy Cake’s corporeal existence. e.g.,  I couldn’t stretch out last night as there was a load of Cakeage at the foot of the bed.

I'm curious, how in fuck's name did the origin of the word for that most glorious of dessert items also come to be slang for poop (or poopage, if you please)?

Latibulate
     verb
1 : To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter.
2 : To hide oneself in a corner.
     Etymology:

From Latin latibulum (“hiding place”), from latere (“to lie hid”) + -ize. 

Donna chose to read mysteries and sci/fi and snack on bon bons whilst she happily latibulated.

Chrestomathy [ kres-tom-uh-thee ]
     noun
a collection of selected literary passages, often by one author and especially from a foreign language.

So, it appears that this word might refer to foreign language short stories, essays and such. Two examples:

• Albert Camus’ L’Envers et l’Endroit
• Fables choisies pour les enfants a collection of short stories by by Jean de la Fontaine

Chrestomathy seems like an awful mouthful for such a simple concept but maybe this is a commonly used term in the book biz? Could chrestomathy actually refer to excerpts from a particular foreign author's work and NOT a collection of their short works?

I'm so very confused.

Jacal [ huh-kahl ]
     noun
a hut with a thatched roof and walls consisting of thin stakes driven into the ground.
     Etymology:
Jacal is borrowed from Mexican Spanish and adapted from Nahuatl xahcalli, with xah- meaning “adobe” and calli meaning “house,”… Of no relation to the animal name jackal, which is of Persian origin…

FINE but how can the word NOT be related to the lovely wolfie type animals? I mean it looks like the same damn word!

Some days I just can’t understand words/language at all. IF there is a god, she/he must’ve been tripping on the good stuff on the day language was invented.

By the by, all definitions and etymologies come from Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster.