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Taunt

//tɔːnt// adj, name, noun, verb

Adjective

1
Very high or tall. obsolete
"the great ships, for want of ſufficient masts, will lose the advantages the taunt masts would procure"

Proper Noun

Noun

1
A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery.
"VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo."
2
aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing wordnet

Verb

1
To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. transitive
2
harass with persistent criticism or carping wordnet

Etymology 1

From Middle French tanter (“to tempt, try, provoke”), variant of Old French tempter (“to try”). Doublet of tempt.

Etymology 2

From Middle French tanter (“to tempt, try, provoke”), variant of Old French tempter (“to try”). Doublet of tempt.

Etymology 3

Compare Old French tant (“so great”), French tant (“so much”), Latin tantus (“of such size, so great, so much”). See ataunt.

Etymology 4

Perhaps a variant of Daunt.

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