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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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inexorable
English
Etymology
From Middle French inexorable, from Latin inex?r?bilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ex?r?bilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). Ex?r?bilis is derived from ex?r?re (from ex?r? (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’) + ?r? (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ?s (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éh?os (“mouth”)) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n??ks???b?l/, /?n??ks??b(?)l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??n?ks??b(?)l/
- Hyphenation: in?ex?or?a?ble
Adjective
inexorable (comparative more inexorable, superlative most inexorable)
- Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable. [from mid 16th c.]
- Synonyms: implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, unpreventable, unrelenting, unstoppable; see also Thesaurus:inevitable
- Antonym: exorable
- Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting. [from mid 16th c.]
- Antonym: exorable
- Adamant; severe.
- Antonym: exorable
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- inexorable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- inexorable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inexorabilis.
Adjective
inexorable (masculine and feminine plural inexorables)
- inexorable
Derived terms
- inexorablement
Further reading
- “inexorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “inexorable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “inexorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inexorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inex?r?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.n??.z?.?abl/
Adjective
inexorable (plural inexorables)
- inexorable
- Synonym: inéluctable
Derived terms
- inexorabilité
- inexorablement
Further reading
- “inexorable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inex?r?bilis.
Adjective
inexorable (plural inexorables)
- inexorable
Related terms
- inexorablemente
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