harum-scarum
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
harum-scarum (not comparable)
- wild, careless, irresponsible
- 1832, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Eugene Aram
- Lester's good heart will be to hear that little Peter is so improved;--no longer a dissolute, harum-scarum fellow, throwing away his money, and always in debt.
- 1832, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Eugene Aram
Translations[edit]
wild, careless, irresponsible
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Adverb[edit]
harum-scarum (not comparable)
- wildly, carelessly, irresponsibly
- 1800, Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent
- […] for he never looked after anything at all, but harum-scarum called for everything as if we were conjurors, or he in a public-house.
- 1800, Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent
Noun[edit]
harum-scarum (plural harum-scarums)
- A giddy, rash person.