Taunt
Taunt , adjective
[Compare Old French tant so great, French tant so much, Latin tantus of such size, so great, so much.]
(Nautical) Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. — Totten
Taunt , transitive verb
[Earlier, to tease; probably from Old French tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See Tempt.]
To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
When I had at my pleasure taunted her.
Taunt , noun
Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts.
With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest.