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Webster 1913 Edition

Harum-scarum

Har′um-scar′um

(hâr′ŭm-skâr′ŭm)

,

Adj.

[Cf.

hare

,

Verb.

T.

, and

scare

,

Verb.

T.

]

Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless.

[Colloq.]

They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome’s own son, a

harum-scarum

lad.

Thackeray.