harum-scarum

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌhɛəɹəmˈskɛəɹəm/

Adjective

harum-scarum (not comparable)

  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.

Translations

Adverb

harum-scarum (not comparable)

  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

harum-scarum (plural harum-scarums)

  1. A giddy, rash person.
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