rampant
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹæm.pənt/
rampant
- (originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
- The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.
- (heraldry) Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.
- 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
- ‘I forget your coat of arms.’
‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’
- ‘I forget your coat of arms.’
, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved - little pieces of moustache on his upper lip, like a pair of minnows rampant
- 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
- (architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.
- Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
- Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "Man City 4-1 Man Utd ↗", BBC Sport, 22 September 2013:
- In contrast to the despair of his opposite number, it was a day of delight for new City boss Manuel Pellegrini as he watched the rampant Blues make a powerful statement about their Premier League ambitions.
- Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
- There was rampant corruption in the city.
- German: sich aufbäumend
- Russian: стоя́щий на за́дних ла́пах
- French: effréné
- German: zügellos
- Italian: sfrenato, sfrenata
- Portuguese: galopante, desenfreado
- Russian: неи́стовый
- Spanish: desenfrenado, galopante
- Russian: неистовый
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