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tauntest

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taunt

2  [tawnt, tahnt]
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–adjective Nautical.
tall, as a mast.
Origin:
1490–1500; orig. uncert.
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taunt  (v.)
1515, possibly from M.Fr. tanter, tenter "to tempt, try, provoke," variant of tempter "to try" (see tempt). Or from M.Fr. tant pour tant "so much for so much, tit for tat," on notion of "sarcastic rejoinder." The noun is attested from 1529.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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