Dictionary

insultive en · ADJ

Etymology

From insult + -ive.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, rare) Insulting.
   • The inſultive Epigram, which I make no Doubt ſhe has ſeen, concludes with a cutting Inſinuation, that the Man who touched her, bid fair to loſe his Manhood. To an ordinary Female this was unpardonable — What muſt be it to a lady of the higheſt Pride and Jealouſy? 1795, Thomas Blackwell, J. U. D., Memoirs of the Court of Augustus, volume IV, page 154:
   • Perhaps it was the too-tooing of the youth on the coach horn which frustrated the proposal, and made it appear ludicrous rather than insultive to her ears. 1895, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter VI, in One Fair Daughter, volume 1, pages 234–235:
   • Mr. Olive: Normally I would, but he wasn't insultive or abusive. He just drove right up- he said, "Please clean the beach up when you get through and took right off." 1987 November 13, “Testimony of December 4, 1972 Before the Water Island Commission”, in Secretary of the Interior's Report on Water Island, published 1991, Serial No. 100-84, page 231 (17):

Forms

Synonyms

insultative