different between indignity vs taunt
indignity
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French indignité, from Latin indignitas
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?d??.n?.ti/
Noun
indignity (countable and uncountable, plural indignities)
- degradation, debasement or humiliation
- an affront to one's dignity or pride
Related terms
- indign
- indignant
- indignation
- dignity
Translations
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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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