harum-scarum的词源

英文词源

harum-scarum (adv.)

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.

中文词源

harum-scarum：鲁莽的，莽撞的

可能来自harum,骚扰，侵扰，词源同harry,scarum,害怕，词源同scare.引申词义鲁莽的，莽撞的。

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