[ram.pant] adj [ME, fr. MF, prp. of ramper] (14c) 1 a: rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended b: standing on one hind foot with one foreleg raised above the other and the head in profile--used of a heraldic animal
2. a: marked by a menacing wildness, extravagance, or absence of restraint b: widespread
3: having one impost or abutment higher than the other "a ~ arch" -- ram.pant.ly adv