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Definition of harum-scarum adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

harum-scarum

adjective
 
/ˌheərəm ˈskeərəm/
 
/ˌherəm ˈskerəm/,
 
/ˌhærəm ˈskærəm/
(old-fashioned)
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  1. behaving in a wild and sometimes careless way
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    Word Originlate 17th cent. (as an adverb): reduplication based on hare and scare.
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