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harum-scarum

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