Taught
(Taught) a. See Taut. Totten.
Taught
(Taught), imp. & p. p. of Teach. [AS. imp. t&aemacrhte, p. p. get&aemacrht.] See Teach.
Taunt
(Taunt) a. [Cf. OF. tant so great, F. tant so much, L. tantus of such size, so great, so much.]
(Naut.) Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten.
Taunt
(Taunt) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Taunting.] [Earlier, to tease; probably fr.
OF. 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.
Shak. Syn. — To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See Deride.
Taunt
(Taunt), n. Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts.
Shak.
With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest.
Prior. Taunter
(Taunt"er) n. One who taunts.
Taunting
(Taunt"ing), a. & n. from Taunt, v.
Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection.
Burke. Tauntingly
(Taunt"ing*ly), adv. In a taunting manner.
Tauntress
(Taunt"ress) n. A woman who taunts.
Taur
(Taur) n. [L. Taurus.] The constellation Taurus. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Tauricornous
(Tau`ri*cor"nous) a. [L. tauricornis; taurus a bull + cornu a horn.] (Zoöl.) Having horns
like those of a bull. Sir T. Browne.
Tauridor
(Tau`ri*dor") n. [See Toreador.] A bullfighter; a toreador. Sir W. Scott.
Tauriform
(Tau"ri*form) a. [L. tauriformis; taurus a bull + -form: cf. F. tauriforme.] Having the form of
a bull.
Taurine
(Tau"rine) a. [L. taurinus, fr. taurus a bull. See Taurus.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the genus
Taurus, or cattle.
