insultation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of insultation
1505–15; < Latin insultātiōn- (stem of insultātiō ), equivalent to insultāt ( us ) past participle of insultāre to insult + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Continual care checks the spirit; continual labour checks the body; and continual insultation both.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 581, December 15, 1832 by Various
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.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
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