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rampancy

[ram-puhn-see]

noun

a rampant condition or position.

Origin:
1655–65; ramp(ant) + -ancy

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rampant (ˈræmpənt)

—*adj*
1.	unrestrained or violent in behaviour, desire, opinions, etc
2.	growing or developing unchecked
3.	(postpositive) heraldry (of a beast) standing on the hind legs, the right foreleg raised above the left
4.	(of an arch) having one abutment higher than the other

[C14: from Old French ramper to crawl, rear; see ramp]

'rampancy

—n

'rampantly

—*adv*

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