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insultation Obs. or arch.|ɪnsʌlˈteɪʃən|
[a. F. insultation (1370 in Godef.), or ad. L. insultātiōn-em, n. of action f. insultāre to insult. Exceedingly common in 17th c.]
1. The action, or an act, of insulting (in sense 1 or 2 of vb.); scornful triumph or boasting; injuriously contemptuous speech or behaviour; insult.
1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 2245 Sayenge with insultacyon Trowe ye to be spared from punyshment this day. 1534More Godly Medit. Wks. 1417/2 Almighty god, take from me..al delite of exprobacion, or insultation against anye parson in their affliccion and calamitie. 1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §80. 336 Insultations over the Church of Christ in her calamities. 1683Burnet tr. More's Utopia (1685) 6 Insultation against any in their Affliction or Calamity. 1755S. Walker Serm. ii, Distressing Groans, woful Curses and blasphemous Insultations. 1849J. Morison in Life xxiv. (1898) 286 Insultation over my person,..calumniation of my character.
†2. Attack, assault. Obs.
1596C. Fitzgeffrey Sir F. Drake (1881) 55 Like as abroade with unresisted armes He tam'd his foes prowde insultations. 1615Trade's Incr. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 292 The benefits [of commerce] allayed by insultation of pirates. 1615T. Adams Blacke Devill 36 Here will I stay the insultation of thy proud waves. 1656–7Rhode Island Col. Rec. (1856) I. 342 Your wisdoms may know the inhuman insultations of these wild creatures. |