Definitions
treat, mention, or speak to rudely
Word origin
The verb is derived from Middle French insulter (modern French insulter (“to insult”)) or its etymon Latin īnsultō (“to spring, leap or jump at or upon; to abuse, insult, revile, taunt”), the frequentative form of īnsiliō (“to bound; to leap in or upon”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + saliō (“to bound, jump, leap; to spring forth; to flow down”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to spring”)).
Used in a sentence
“- Marvel owns your gods! - Insulting is not arguing.”
“And why I pray you? who might be your mother That you inſult, exult, and all at once Ouer the wretched?”
“The Foe hayles on thy head; and in thy Face / Inſults, and trenches; leaues thee, no worlds grace; / The walles, in which thou art beſieged, ſhake.”
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01“Rude remark”6 letters
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