What is the definition of "insult"?

62 The definition of insult, cited with approval by Kellock J. in Taylor v. The King, 1947 CanLII 6 (SCC), [1947] S.C.R. 462, at p. 475, is: "Insult" is defined in "The Oxford English Dictionary" inter alia, as an act, or the action, of attacking or assailing; an open and sudden attack or assault without formal preparations; injuriously contemptuous speech or behaviour; scornful utterance or action intended to wound self-respect; an affront; indignity.