[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That taunts, or reproaches provokingly.
a. 1548. Hall, Chron., Hen. IV., 19. Railyng rimes, malicious meters and tauntyng verses.
1649. Roberts, Clavis Bibl., 491. Their taunting Proverb against God is propounded.
1796. Burke, Regic. Peace, i. Wks. VIII. 106. They accompanied their notice … with every kind of insolent and taunting reflection.
1844. Thirlwall, Greece, VIII. lxii. 155. Cleomenes insulted his disappointment by a taunting letter.
