Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of insulting or treating with indignity; manifestation of contempt or scorn.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
  • noun obsolete Exultation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
  • noun obsolete exultation

Etymologies

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Latin insultatio, from insultare: compare Old French insultation.

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Examples

  • Day r so gud wiff da insultation dat dey cannot b tracked by inference red…no heat loss.

    i can has - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • For let that proud pharisee that shall reprove a publican with words of insultation and boasting, that he is not such an one as he, tell me how he knows, that, had he been placed under the same circumstances and opportunities of sin, he should not have been prevailed upon to do the same for which, with so much arrogance, he reproves or rather baits another.

    Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V. 1634-1716 1823

  • A Government ruse that's nothing short of an insultation

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Consider, too, 'community consultation', I am sometimes tempted to call it community insultation, with decisions already made and the consulting just a formality to satisfy due process.

    sunshinecoastdaily.com.au: The Sunshine Coast Daily 2010

  • '' How can a police officer, who is hired to serve and protect the citizens of this community, out of his same mouth, speak words full of mockery and insultation? ''

    unknown title 2009

  • "How can a police officer, who is hired to serve and protect the citizens of this community, out of his same mouth, speak words full of mockery and insultation?"

    WPXI.com - Local News 2009

  • "How can a police officer, who is hired to serve and protect the citizens of this community, out of his same mouth, speak words full of mockery and insultation?"

    The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front 2009

  • "How can a police officer, who is hired to serve and protect the citizens of this community, out of his same mouth, speak words full of mockery and insultation?"

    The Buffalo News: Home 2009

  • The lack of insultation means that naked neck breeds should be given extra protection against low temperatures, but that "does not detract from the utility of the bird".

    Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog 2009

  • "How can a police officer, who is hired to serve and protect the citizens of this community, out of his same mouth, speak words full of mockery and insultation?"

    unknown title 2009

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