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1. WordNet® 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]
2. 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]
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