insultation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin insultatio, from insulto: compare Old French insultation.

Noun[edit]

insultation (plural insultations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
    • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
      Against Insulation
  2. (obsolete) exultation
    • c. 1818, George D'Oyly, Richard Mant, The Holy Bible According to the Authorized Version: Volume 2:
      Their triumphant insultation over Babel.

References[edit]

“insultation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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