Literary notes about rampant (AI summary)
The term "rampant" showcases remarkable versatility across literary genres. In heraldic contexts, it serves as a precise technical descriptor, used to denote a lion or another creature in a rearing, aggressive posture, as seen in detailed armorial descriptions and blazonings [1][2][3][4][5]. Beyond emblematic usage, authors employ "rampant" to evoke a sense of unbridled enthusiasm, unchecked behavior, or wild passion. This is evident in narrative contexts where the word underscores both physical manifestations of desire and broader social or emotional chaos [6][7][8][9]. In this way, "rampant" seamlessly bridges the gap between formal symbolism in heraldry and vividly charged depictions in literature.
- (From "Decorative Heraldry.") Lion rampant tail nowed.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - —Lion rampant, tail elevated and turned over its head.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - On the seal of William Sterling , in 1292, two lions rampant support the shield in front of a tree.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - In official minds, however, the sole attitude for the supporters is the rampant, or as near an approach to it as the nature of the animal will allow.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - Outside British heraldry a lion is always supposed to be rampant unless otherwise specifically described.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - I had been expecting her, and thinking over the delights of our last fuck, so that I was rampant before her arrival.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous - Then she shifted her position lower down, until just above my prick, which by this time was rampant with desire.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous - [346] Scientific optimism was no doubt rampant before Darwin.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Hence misconception is rampant, and it is necessary to clear the ground when approaching any economic subject.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski