insultation
English
Etymology
Latin insultatio, from insulto: compare Old French insultation.
Noun
insultation (plural insultations)
- (obsolete) The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
- Against Insulation
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
- (obsolete) exultation
- c. 1818, George D'Oyly, Richard Mant, The Holy Bible According to the Authorized Version: Volume 2
- Their triumphant insultation over Babel.
- c. 1818, George D'Oyly, Richard Mant, The Holy Bible According to the Authorized Version: Volume 2
References
insultation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913