Noah Webster
Taunt
T'AUNT, verb transitive
1. To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid.
When I had at my pleasure taunted her--
2. To exprobrate; to censure.
Rail thou in Fulvia's phrase, and taunt my faults.
T'AUNT, noun Upbraiding words; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest.