Rampant Definition

rămpənt
adjective
Growing luxuriantly; flourishing.
Rampant plants.
Webster's New World
Spreading unchecked; widespread; rife.
Webster's New World
Occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly; rife.
A rampant epidemic; rampant corruption in city government.
American Heritage
Violent and uncontrollable in action, manner, speech, etc.
Webster's New World
Rearing up on the hind legs.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Rampant

  • Recorded since 1382, "standing on the hind legs" (as in heraldry), later, "fierce, ravenous" (1387); from Old French rampant, the past present participle of ramper (“to creep, climb")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English rampaunt from Old French rampant present participle of ramper to ramp ramp2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rampant Sentence Examples

  • Rumors continued to be rampant about his alleged culpability in Billy Langstrom's death.

  • The Ayan spruce (Abies ayanensis), the Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalensis) and the Daurian larch are the chief trees; on the upper parts of the mountains are the Siberian rampant cedar (Cembra pumila) and the Kurilian bamboo (Arundinaria kurilense).

  • Pluralism, nepotism, simony and all the other ancient abuses were more rampant than ever.

  • The parochial clergy were probably in a healthier condition; but the old abuses of pluralism and non-residence were as rampant as ever, and though their work may have been in many cases honorably carried out, it is certain that energy and intelligence were at a low ebb.

  • Dean knew the look and he put the brakes on Fred's euphoria before the rampant speculation could go any further.

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TNTANT

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