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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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passionate
English
Etymology
From Middle English passionat, from Medieval Latin passionatus, past participle of passionare (“to be affected with passion”); see passion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pæ??n?t/, /?pæ??n?t/
- Hyphenation: pas?sion?ate
Adjective
passionate (comparative more passionate, superlative most passionate)
- Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
- Fired with intense feeling.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon, and other Poems on several Occasions, Preface, in Samuel Johnson (editor), The Works of the English Poets, London: J. Nichols, Volume 31, 1779, p. 93,[1]
- Homer intended to shew us, in his Iliad, that dissentions amongst great men obstruct the execution of the noblest enterprizes […] His Achilles therefore is haughty and passionate, impatient of any restraint by laws, and arrogant of arms.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon, and other Poems on several Occasions, Preface, in Samuel Johnson (editor), The Works of the English Poets, London: J. Nichols, Volume 31, 1779, p. 93,[1]
- (obsolete) Suffering; sorrowful.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, II. i. 544:
- She is sad and passionate at your highness’ tent.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, I. ii. 124:
- Poor, forlorn Proteus, passionate Proteus,
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, II. i. 544:
Synonyms
- (fired with intense feeling): ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, hotheaded, impassioned, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid
Derived terms
- passionate friendship
Related terms
- passion
- passive
- passivity
- patience
- patient
Translations
Noun
passionate (plural passionates)
- A passionate individual.
Verb
passionate (third-person singular simple present passionates, present participle passionating, simple past and past participle passionated)
- (obsolete) To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
- Great pleasure mixt with pittifull regard, / That godly King and Queene did passionate [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
- (obsolete) To express with great emotion.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus, III. ii. 6:
- Thy niece and I, poor creatures, want our hands / And cannot passionate our tenfold grief / with folded arms.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus, III. ii. 6:
Further reading
- passionate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- passionate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Adjective
passi?n?te
- vocative masculine singular of passi?n?tus
References
- passionate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Adjective
passionate
- Alternative form of passionat
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