har|um-scar|um

har|um-scar|um
har|um-scar|um «HAIR uhm SKAIR uhm», adjective, adverb, noun.
–adj.
too hasty; reckless; rash: »

A dissolute, harum-scarum fellow…always in debt (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton).

–adv.
recklessly; rashly; heedlessly; wildly: »

He rushed harum-scarum down the main street.

–n.
1. a reckless person.
2. reckless behavior.
[apparently < earlier hare frighten + scare, perhaps + 'em, short for them]

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