Sekirov Dictionary

rampant

/ˈɹæm.pənt/

adjective 5
adverb 1
forms 2
phrases 1

adjective5

•
Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
- Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.
•
Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
- There was rampant corruption in the city.
•
Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
- The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.
•
Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.
- ‘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.’ — 1846
Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.

adverb1

•
(informal, nonstandard) Rampantly.
- Things seem to be running rampant around here lately.

forms

more rampant · most rampant

Phrases with rampant

run rampant
To go unchecked or without control; to be wild or excessive.

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