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rampant
1. Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious. "The fierce lion in his kind Which goeth rampant after his prey." (Gower) "[The] lion . . . Rampant shakes his brinded mane." (Milton)
2. Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant. "The rampant stalk is of unusual altitude." (I. Taylor)
3. Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the left. Rampant arch. An arch which has one abutment higher than the other. Same as Rampant vault, below. Rampant gardant, a continuous wagon vault, or cradle vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined planed plane, such as the vault supporting a stairway, or forming the ceiling of a stairway.
Origin: F, p. Pr. Of ramper to creep. See Ramp.
rampant
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: , present participle of ramper 'to climb, crawl'
if something bad, such as crime or disease, is rampant, there is a lot of it and it is very difficult to controlrn-see also rife rife, widespread widespread
::Pickpocketing is rampant in the downtown area
::The country has high unemployment and rampant inflation
a plant that is rampant grows and spreads quickly, in a way that is difficult to controlrn-- rampantly adv
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rampant
1. Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious. "The fierce lion in his kind Which goeth rampant after his prey." (Gower) "[The] lion . . . Rampant shakes his brinded mane." (Milton)
2. Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant. "The rampant stalk is of unusual altitude." (I. Taylor)
3. Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the left. Rampant arch. An arch which has one abutment higher than the other. Same as Rampant vault, below. Rampant gardant, a continuous wagon vault, or cradle vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined planed plane, such as the vault supporting a stairway, or forming the ceiling of a stairway.
Origin: F, p. Pr. Of ramper to creep. See Ramp.
rampant
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: , present participle of ramper 'to climb, crawl'
if something bad, such as crime or disease, is rampant, there is a lot of it and it is very difficult to controlrn-see also rife rife, widespread widespread
::Pickpocketing is rampant in the downtown area
::The country has high unemployment and rampant inflation
a plant that is rampant grows and spreads quickly, in a way that is difficult to controlrn-- rampantly adv
thor unable The Boston Globe ion exchange resins dong(3) Lisichansk travel agent Latvian doctor Aero Tropical flights ulnar collateral ligament of wrist Gauer, Otto apertura thoracis superior Nicolar prothyalosome dayan guffaw medial longitudinal bundle mucocutaneous muscle Kena travel guide dummy run Perfect Low - Poker preconization reach Marloes Sands Beach Trenton Fulbright Scholarship Bicuspid chromatokinesis diastereoisomers Fear of marriage South Bank Parklands clove 1, noun soh Freudian slip filarial worm Lausanne doctors Leishmania braziliensis Jersey travel agent Philippine Airlines code activated atom consummate 1, adjective Ocean Springs Hospital leishmanin test easting salt solution Guadalajara hotels list transactivation Dhule travel agent POINT calioplasty sperm banking Mossoro car rental pituitary fossa Lallemand's bodies ANNI NUBILES Run a Pot - Poker Quant Non-sked culture shock Akita hotels list la-la land Tori style southwestern Blagoveshchensk flights Synchronous data specific antigens CANBERRA Investment Corporation Limited Lineas Aereas Suramericanas flights Semen shewa hotels broaden Osnabruck travel agency Catamarca travel guide dragant Baguio hotels list associative law hystero- illusions EMINENCE; A title of honor given to cardinals micro-geological hit man potassamide nephritical circulatory collapse haemolytic uraemic syndrome Funk Douglas fir Serov travel agent Prime cost or direct cost Aberfan heater fascia superficialis surface area MK Maebashi doctors delitescent jujube Number One - Poker Rye Figuring the tail lead-off Hospital Siquiatrico Nacional