2. Noun. (plural of taunt) ¹
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Definition of Taunts
1. taunt [v] - See also: taunt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taunts
Literary usage of Taunts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dante and His Circle: With the Italian Poets Preceding Him. (1100-1200-1300 by Dante Alighieri (1887)
"He taunts Dante ironically for not avenging Geri Alighieri. ... He taunts him
concerning his Wife. (Bicci, — Forese as he 's called, you know, ..."
2. Dante and His Circle: With the Italian Poets Preceding Him (1100-1200-1300 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dante Alighieri (1905)
"He taunts Dante ironically for not avenging Geri Alighieri. RIGHT well I know
thou 'rt Alighieri's son ; Nay, that revenge alone might warrant it, ..."
3. Dante and His Circle: With the Italian Poets Preceding Him. (1100-1200-1300 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dante Alighieri (1892)
"... blood Among their wives they are nice brothers-in-law. II. FORESE DONATI TO
DANTE ALIGHIERI. He taunts Dante ironically for not avenging Geri ..."
4. The Early Italian Poets from Ciullo D'Alcamo to Dante Alighieri (1100-1200 by Dante Alighieri, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Chiswick Press (1861)
"He taunts Dante ironically for not avenging Geri Alighieri. ... He taunts him
concerning his Wife. To hear the unlucky wife of Bicci cough, (Bicci,—Forese ..."
5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1845)
"... taunts Sir B. Peel with his conduct to his own supporters—Sir B. Peel vindicates
the course ... taunts ..."
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