rampaunt

Adjective

rampant (comparative more rampant, superlative most rampant)

1. (originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
   • The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.
2. 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, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
3. Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.
4. Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
   • Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.
5. Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
   • There was rampant corruption in the city.

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