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insults

We have found lemma(root) word of insults : insult.

Definitions


[ɪnˈsʌlt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse
(e.g: you're insulting the woman I love)


Phrases:
- add insult to injury
- an insult to someone's intelligence
- insult someone's intelligence

Origin:
mid 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘exult, act arrogantly’): from Latin insultare ‘jump or trample on’, from in- ‘on’ + saltare, from salire ‘to leap’. The noun (in the early 17th century denoting an attack) is from French insulte or ecclesiastical Latin insultus. The main current senses date from the 17th century, the medical use dating from the early 20th century


[ˈɪnsʌlt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act
(e.g: he hurled insults at us)

- an event which causes damage to a tissue or organ
(e.g: the movement of the bone causes a severe tissue insult)


Phrases:
- add insult to injury
- an insult to someone's intelligence
- insult someone's intelligence

Origin:
mid 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘exult, act arrogantly’): from Latin insultare ‘jump or trample on’, from in- ‘on’ + saltare, from salire ‘to leap’. The noun (in the early 17th century denoting an attack) is from French insulte or ecclesiastical Latin insultus. The main current senses date from the 17th century, the medical use dating from the early 20th century




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