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harum-scarum

[ hair-uhm-skair-uhm, har-uhm-skar-uhm ]

adjective

  1. reckless; rash; irresponsible:

    He had a harum-scarum youth.

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  2. disorganized; uncontrolled.

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adverb

  1. recklessly; wildly:

    He ran harum-scarum all over the place.

noun

  1. a reckless person.
  2. reckless or unpredictable behavior or action.

harum-scarum

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adjective

  1. in a reckless way or of a reckless nature
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who is impetuous or rash
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of harum-scarum1

1665–75; earlier harum-starum rhyming compound based on obsolete hare to harass + stare
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of harum-scarum1

C17: perhaps from hare (in obsolete sense: harass) + scare, variant of stare 1; compare helter-skelter
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Fred is a harum-scarum kind of player, someone who, to the untrained observer, tends to dash about with no obvious purpose.

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This was the sort of harum-scarum and feisty affair that would have had Villa park heaving if fans had been present.

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There’s going to be some harum-scarum riding out there, one imagines.

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Until Mané’s beautiful, caressed finish, it was a harum-scarum first half that provided painful viewing for Klopp, powerless as his players huffed and puffed, their overcooked and wonky passes bobbling out of touch.

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Of Custer, killed two years later at the Little Bighorn, Grinnell would write that he “knew nothing about Indians and was anyhow a harum-scarum fellow.â€

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