[in.sult] vb [MF or L; MF insulter, fr. L insultare, lit., to spring upon, fr. in- + saltare to leap--more at saltation] vi (1540) archaic: to behave with pride or arrogance: vaunt ~ vt: to treat with insolence, indignity, or contempt: affront; also: to affect offensively or damagingly "doggerel that ~s the reader's intelligence" syn see offend -- in.sult.er n -- in.sult.ing.ly adv
[2]in.sult n (1671) 1: a gross indignity
2: injury to the body or one of its parts; also: something that causes or has a potential for causing such insult "pollution and other environmental ~s"