from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
harum-scarum
adv 1: in a wild or reckless manner; "dashing harum-scarum all
over the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs" [syn:
{harum-scarum}, {pell-mell}]
adj 1: cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money";
"freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth"
[syn: {carefree}, {devil-may-care}, {freewheeling},
{happy-go-lucky}, {harum-scarum}, {slaphappy}]
n 1: a reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn:
{daredevil}, {madcap}, {hothead}, {swashbuckler},
{lunatic}, {harum-scarum}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Harum-scarum \Har"um-scar"um\ (h[^a]r"[u^]m*sk[^a]r"[u^]m), a.
[Cf. hare,v. t., and scare, v. t.]
Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome's own son, a
harum-scarum lad. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]