Taunt

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 108

tawnt, v.t. to reproach or upbraid with severe or insulting words: to censure sarcastically.— n. upbraiding, sarcastic, or insulting words: a bitter reproach.— n. Taunt′er .— adj. Taunt′ing .— adv. Taunt′ingly . [O. Fr. tanter —L. tentāre , to tempt.]