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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
taunt/tɔːnt/
▶noun a jeering or mocking remark made to wound or provoke. ▶verb provoke or wound with taunts.
– derivatives
taunter noun,
taunting adjective,
tauntingly adverb.
taunter noun,
taunting adjective,
tauntingly adverb.
– origin C16: from Fr. tant pour tant ‘like for like, tit for tat’, from tant ‘so much’, from L. tantus.
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