About The Word Harum-scarum
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Harum-scarum
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What's The Definition Of Harum-scarum?
[n] a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
[adv] in a wild or reckless manner; "dashing harum-scarum all over the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs" [adj] cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth" Synonyms | Synonyms for Harum-scarum: carefree | daredevil | devil-may-care | freewheeling | happy-go-lucky | hothead | irresponsible | lunatic | madcap | pell-mell | slaphappy | swashbuckler Related Terms | Find terms related to Harum-scarum: accident-prone | all over | all over hell | boisterous | breakneck | careless | desperate | devil-may-care | every which way | furious | hasty | headlong | helter-skelter | higgledy-piggledy | hotheaded | hugger-mugger | hurried | impetuous | in a jumble | in a mess | in a muddle | in confusion | in disarray | in disorder | knockabout | knock-down-and-drag-out | mad | overeager | overenthusiastic | overzealous | precipitant | precipitate | precipitous | rambunctious | rampageous | reckless | roisterous | rollicking | rough | rough-and-tumble | rowdy | skimble-skamble | slap-bang | slapdash | wanton | wild | willy-nilly See Also | adventurer | tearaway | venturer Harum-scarum In Webster's Dictionary \Har"um-scar"um\, a. [Cf. hare,v. t., and scare, v.
t.]
Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless. [Colloq.]
They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome's own son, a
harum-scarum lad. --Thackeray.
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