Definition of "harum-scarum" in English

adjective

1. wild, careless, irresponsible

   • 1832, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Eugene Aram Lester's good heart will be to hear that little Peter is so improved;--no longer a dissolute, harum-scarum fellow, throwing away his money, and always in debt.

adverb

1. wildly, carelessly, irresponsibly

   • 1800, Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent […] for he never looked after anything at all, but harum-scarum called for everything as if we were conjurors, or he in a public-house.

noun

1. A giddy, rash person.