rampant
pronunciation
How to pronounce rampant in British English:
UK [ˈræmpənt]
How to pronounce rampant in American English:
US [ˈræmpənt]
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- Adjective:
- unrestrained and violent
- rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile
Word Origin
- rampant (adj.)
- late 14c., "standing on the hind legs" (as a heraldic lion often does), thus, also, "fierce, ravenous" (late 14c.), from Old French rampant, present participle of ramper "to climb, scale, mount" (see rampage (v.)). Sense of "growing without check" (in running rampant), first recorded 1610s, probably is via the notion of "fierce disposition" or else preserves the older French sense.
Example
- 1. That led to rampant inflation and triggered monetary tightening .
- 2. The problem of rampant growth and mutation has two answers .
- 3. The government evidently suspected that banks were using such maneuvers to evade rules put in place this year to rein in rampant lending and excess credit .
- 4. Demand for scans is rampant .
- 5. In russia , e-book piracy is already rampant .