Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of insulting; an insult.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Insolent treatment; insult.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
Insolent treatment ;insult .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He on the ground, my speech of insultment ended on his dead body, and when my lust hath dined, which, as I say, to vex her, I will execute in the clothes that she so praised, to the court Ill knock her back, foot her home again.
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He on the ground, my speech of insultment ended on his dead body, and when my lust hath dined, -- which, as I say, to vex her I will execute in the clothes that she so praised, -- to the court I'll knock her back, foot her home again.
Cymbeline 1609
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He on the ground, my speech of insultment ended on his dead body, and when my lust hath dined, — which, as I say, to vex her I will execute in the clothes that she so praised, — to the court I’ll knock her back, foot her home again.
Cymbeline 2004
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