Extra Credit Questions
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12-28-2014, 02:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-28-2014 02:46 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
(12-26-2014 03:28 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote: What exactly did the term harum scarum mean back in those days?Here's the etymology: "Harum-scarum"- 1670s (adv.), probably a compound of obsolete hare (v.) "harry" + scare (v.), with 'um as a reduced form of them. As an adjective from 1751; as a noun from 1784. |
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