rampell

Catalan

FWOTD – 20 May 2019

Etymology

From rampa +‎ -ell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəmˈpeʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ramˈpeʎ]
• Rhymes: -eʎ

Noun

rampell m (plural rampells)

1. sudden urge, whim, frenzy
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 6, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     El pobre dimoni s'havia tornat boig, boig del tot. Al final li va agafar un rampell i va acabar disparant-me amb un revòlver […].

     The poor sod had gone mad, all mad. In the end some frenzy overcame him and he ended up shooting at me with a revolver […].

Derived terms

• rampellar-se
• rampellut

Further reading

• “rampell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.