rampant

== English == === Alternative forms === rampaunt (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English rampand, rampend, present participle of rampen (“to rise by climbing, shoot up, sprout, sty, ascend”), from Old French ramper (“to creep, climb”) (see below), equivalent to ramp +‎ -and or ramp +‎ -ant. Recorded since 1382, "standing on the hind legs" (as in heraldry), later, "fierce, ravenous" (1387). Compare Scots rampand (“rampant”). Alternatively from Middle English *rampant, from Old French rampant, the present participle of ramper (“to creep, climb”), equivalent to ramp +‎ -ant. Old French ramper derives from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to hook, grapple, climb”), from *rampa, *hrampa (“hook, claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *hrempaną (“to curve, shrivel, shrink, wrinkle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹæm.pənt/ Rhymes: -æmpənt === Adjective === rampant (comparative more rampant, superlative most rampant) (originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended. (heraldry) Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile. (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. Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly. ==== Hyponyms ==== (heraldry): morné ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ramp rampage ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === rampant (comparative more rampant, superlative most rampant) (informal, nonstandard) Rampantly. === Further reading === “rampant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “rampant”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “rampant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === man-trap, mantrap == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.pɑ̃/ === Participle === rampant present participle of ramper === Adjective === rampant (feminine rampante, masculine plural rampants, feminine plural rampantes) (heraldry) rampant (architecture) tilted humbly inclined (botany) extending over the ground rather than climbing upward (literature) base; common (military) stranded on the ground as opposed to flying staff === Further reading === “rampant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Adjective === rampant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rampant or rampante) (heraldry) rampant ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: rampant French: rampant == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French rampant. === Adjective === rampant m or n (feminine singular rampantă, masculine plural rampanți, feminine/neuter plural rampante) rampant ==== Declension ====