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▪ I. insulting, vbl. n. Now rare exc. as gerund.|ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb insult: a. Scornfully triumphing over another (obs. or arch.), or treating him with contemptuous abuse; with pl. a scornful boast, an insult. b. Assaulting, attacking; an assault.
1628Wither Brit. Rememb. ii. 1189 To reprove With proud insultings. 1660Milton Free Commw. Wks. (1851) 445 Let them but hear the Insolencies, the Menaces, the Insultings of our newly animated common Enemies. 1837S. R. Maitland Twelve Lett. (1841) 86 The incessant mocking, bantering, and insulting of the papists.
▪ II. inˈsulting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That insults (see the verb).
1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, i. ii. 138 Now am I like that prowd Insulting Ship, Which Cæsar and his fortune bare at once. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 14 Far from the Cows and Goats insulting Crew. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxx. III. 150 The captive wife of Alaric..was reduced to implore the mercy of the insulting foe. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xx. IV. 402 His enemies rejoiced with vindictive and insulting joy. |