insultation

English

Etymology

Latin insultatio, from insultare: compare Old French insultation.

Noun

insultation (plural insultations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Feltham to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) exultation
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Is. xiv. (heading) to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Last modified on 19 May 2013, at 18:36