What (who) is guardant - definition
guardant
['g?:d(?)nt]
¦ adjective Heraldry (of an animal) depicted with the body sideways and the face towards the viewer.
Origin
C17: from Fr. gardant 'guarding', from garder 'to guard'.
rampant
.svg?width=200 "A dolphin naiant")
![Phoenix]] '''issuant''', wings displayed and elevated, coming from her nest of fire](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meuble héraldique Phénix.svg?width=200 "Phoenix]] '''issuant''', wings displayed and elevated, coming from her nest of fire")
![Lion tricorporated, as illustrated in [[Arthur Charles Fox-Davies]]' ''Complete Guide to Heraldry''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Complete Guide to Heraldry Fig292.png?width=200 "Lion tricorporated, as illustrated in [[Arthur Charles Fox-Davies]]' ''Complete Guide to Heraldry''")
![Arms of [[Ladevèze-Rivière]]: gules a sheep pacusant](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blason ville fr Ladevèze (Gers).svg?width=200 "Arms of [[Ladevèze-Rivière]]: gules a sheep pacusant")
![Hranice, Cheb District]], Czech Republic, featuring a horse pacusant argent](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hranice,znak.jpg?width=200 "Hranice, Cheb District]], Czech Republic, featuring a horse pacusant argent")
![Arms of [[Betpouey]], France: vert a sheep pacusant, on a chief azure three fleurs de lys Or](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blason ville fr Betpouey (65).svg?width=200 "Arms of [[Betpouey]], France: vert a sheep pacusant, on a chief azure three fleurs de lys Or")
![Arms of [[Saint-André-d'Embrun]], France, with a sheep pacusant to sinister](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blason_Saint_Andre_d_Embrun.svg?width=200 "Arms of [[Saint-André-d'Embrun]], France, with a sheep pacusant to sinister")
.svg?width=200 "Lions '''combatant''' or armed and langued azure")
![USS ''Tornado'']], with a dragon '''urinant'''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USS Tornado PC-14 COA.png?width=200 "USS ''Tornado'']], with a dragon '''urinant'''")
![Arms of the [[37th Armor Regiment]], featuring a [[wyvern]] '''glissant'''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/037-Armored-Regiment-COA.png?width=200 "Arms of the [[37th Armor Regiment]], featuring a [[wyvern]] '''glissant'''")
ORIENTATION AND POSE OF A CREATURE IN HERALDRY
Rampant; Couchant; Naiant; Addorsed; Statant; Sejant; Sejeant; At gaze; Trippant; Salient guardant; Salient (heraldry); Regardant; Segreant; Langued; Hauriant; Haurient; Passant guardant; Forcené; Forcene; Volant (heraldry); Expansed; Vulning
If you describe something bad, such as a crime or disease, as rampant, you mean that it is very common and is increasing in an uncontrolled way.
Inflation is rampant and industry in decline.
ADJ
