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ataunt
English
Alternative forms
- ataunto
Etymology
French autant (“as much (as possible)”).
Adjective
ataunt (not comparable)
- (nautical) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.
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taunt
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??nt/, enPR: tônt
- (US) IPA(key): /t?nt/, enPR: tônt
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /t?nt/, enPR: tänt
- Rhymes: -??nt, -??nt
Etymology 1
Middle French tanter (“to tempt, try, provoke”), variant of Old French tempter (“to try”). Doublet of tempt.
Verb
taunt (third-person singular simple present taunts, present participle taunting, simple past and past participle taunted)
- to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
Translations
Noun
taunt (plural taunts)
- A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery
Translations
Etymology 2
Compare Old French tant (“so great”), French tant (“so much”), Latin tantus (“of such size, so great, so much”). See ataunt.
Adjective
taunt (comparative more taunt, superlative most taunt)
- (obsolete, nautical) Very high or tall.
- a ship with taunt masts
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
References
- taunt at OneLook Dictionary Search
- taunt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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