insultn.[L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]()1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack.(Dryden.)2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; a deprecatory remark; an affront; an indignity.()The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. (Savage.)3. (Med., Biology) An injury to an organism; trauma; as, to produce an experimental insult to investigate healing processes.()()v. t.[F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr. insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to leap. See Salient.]()1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.(Shak.)2. To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.()v. i.1. To leap or jump.()Give me thy knife, I will insult on him. (Shak.)Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their wooden king. (Jer. Taylor.)2. To behave with insolence; to exult.()The lion being dead, even hares insult. (Daniel.)An unwillingness to insult over their helpless fatuity. (Landor.)