insultation

[ in-suhl-tey-shuhn ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. insult.

Word History and Origins

Origin of insultation¹

1505–15; < Latin insultātiōn- (stem of insultātiō ), equivalent to insultāt ( us ) past participle of insultāre to insult + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Continual care checks the spirit; continual labour checks the body; and continual insultation both.

From Project Gutenberg