Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal, nonstandard)Rampantly.

    Things seem to be running rampant around here lately.

Examples

12 sentences

  1. There are many latent gays among rampant homophobes.

    Серед ярих гомофобів багато латентних ґеїв. — aandrusiak

    ruСреди ярых гомофобов много латентных геев. — shanghainese

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  2. Ivy is a rampant, vining plant.

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  3. The rampant sickness spread to many countries.

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  4. Starvation and disease were rampant among the lowest classes.

    deHunger und Krankheit grassierten in den untersten Schichten der Gesellschaft. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. Fiscal austerity is considered to be an answer to the rampant inflation.

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Origin

From Middle English rampand, rampend, present participle of rampen (“to rise by climbing,

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”).

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Forms

more rampant, most rampant
Comparativemore rampant Lesson
Superlativemost rampant

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rampB2rampagerampartramshackle
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