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.

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He doth not think, his body yields a more spreading shadow after a victory than before; and when he looks upon his enemy's dead body 'tis a kind of noble heaviness--no insultation.

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