Meaning

noun a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

noun a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely

originThe 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…

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