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widely
English
Etymology
From Middle English wijdly, equivalent to wide +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wa?dli/
Adverb
widely (comparative widelier or more widely, superlative wideliest or most widely)
- In a wide manner; across a wide area.
- (figuratively) Commonly; generally; to a great degree.
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,
- In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,
Translations
Anagrams
- Wildey, dewily, wieldy
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rampant
English
Alternative forms
- rampaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
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”).
Alternatively from Middle English *rampant (not found), from Old French rampant, the present participle of ramper (“to creep, climb”), equivalent to ramp +? -ant. Old French ramper derives from Frankish *ramp?n, *hramp?n (“to hook, grapple, climb”), from *rampa, *hrampa (“hook, claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *hrempan? (“to curve, shrivel, shrink, wrinkle”). More at ramp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æm.p?nt/
- Rhymes: -æmp?nt
Adjective
rampant (comparative more rampant, superlative most rampant)
- (originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
- The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.
- (heraldry) Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.
- 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
- ‘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.’
- ‘I forget your coat of arms.’
- 1892, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved
- little pieces of moustache on his upper lip, like a pair of minnows rampant
- 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
- (architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.
- Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 22 September 2013:
- In contrast to the despair of his opposite number, it was a day of delight for new City boss Manuel Pellegrini as he watched the rampant Blues make a powerful statement about their Premier League ambitions.
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 22 September 2013:
- Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
Derived terms
Related terms
- ramp
- rampage
Translations
Further reading
- rampant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rampant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- rampant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- man-trap, mantrap
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.p??/
Verb
rampant
- present participle of ramper
Adjective
rampant (feminine singular rampante, masculine plural rampants, feminine plural rampantes)
- (heraldry) rampant
- (architecture) tilted
- humbly inclined
- (botany) extending over the ground rather than climbing upward
- (literature) base; common
- (military) stranded on the ground as opposed to flying staff
Further reading
- “rampant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Adjective
rampant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rampant or rampante)
- (heraldry) rampant
Declension
Descendants
- ? English: rampant
- French: rampant
Romanian
Etymology
From French rampant.
Adjective
rampant m or n (feminine singular rampant?, masculine plural rampan?i, feminine and neuter plural rampante)
- rampant
Declension
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