- harum-scarum (adv.)
[harum-scarum 词源字典]
- 1670s (harum-starum), probably a rhyming compound of obsolete hare (v.) "harry" + scare (v.), with 'um as a reduced form of them, the whole perhaps meant to be mock Latin. As an adjective from 1751; as a noun, "reckless person," from 1784.[harum-scarum etymology, harum-scarum origin, 英语词源]