harum-scarum
UK /ˌhɛəɹəmˈskɛəɹəm/ US /ˌhɛəɹəmˈskɛəɹəm/
adj 1adv 1noun 1
Definitions
adj
1
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.
adv
1
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.
noun
1
A giddy, rash person.
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