rampancy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rampancy
Example Sentences
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Due to the rampancy of social media, influencers and celebrity culture, ours is arguably the most parasocial age in human history.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
In the first place, this was the time of the year when the flies and manifold sort of vermin, flying, crawling, hopping, hungry, and ever biting, were in the full rampancy of their young vigor.
From Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman by Griffis, William Elliot
To humour him, however, it might be advisable to depict him wherever he wishes in that state of rampancy which he chooses to figure in, that is, in an attitude of rampant absurdity.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
In a country where there is practically no such class as that represented in Europe by the peasantry, the rampancy of such a belief is a phenomenon deserving close and curious study.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
He was settling down to what he had made himself; no virtue could claim a share in the diminished rampancy of his vices.
From There & Back by MacDonald, George
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