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adjective, -er, -est.
1.
tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
2.
emotionally or mentally strained or tense: taut nerves.
3.
in good order or condition; tidy; neat.
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Tautly
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
taut
early 14c., tohte, possibly from tog-, pp. stem of O.E. teon "to pull, drag," from P.Gmc. *tugn, from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke).
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