Defn: Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten.
TAUNT
Taunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Taunting.] Etym:
[Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for
tenter. See Tempt.]
Defn: To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout. When I had at my pleasure taunted her. Shak.
Syn.
— To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See Deride.
TAUNT
Taunt, n.
Defn: Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting
invective.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. Shak.
With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. Prior.
TAUNTER
Taunt"er, n.
Defn: One who taunts.
TAUNTING
Taunt"ing, a. & n.
Defn: from Taunt, v.
Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection. Burke.