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ataunt
ataunt, adv. (əˈtɔːnt) [a. F. autant as much.] † 1. As much as possible, to the full, thoroughly. (Cf. Palsgrave ‘I quaught, I drinke all out, Je boys dautant.’) Obs.c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. A. 179 Þat stonge myn hert ful stray atount. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems 167 A dronken foole that sparithe for no di...
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taunt
▪ I. taunt, n.1 (tɔːnt) Forms: 6 taunte, tawnte, 6–7 tant, 6– taunt. [Taunt n.1 and v.1 are not found before 1500; origin obscure. The most likely suggestion is that the n. arose from the Fr. phrase tant pour tant, ‘one for another, tit for tat’, lit. ‘as much for so much’, englished in 16th c. as t...
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tante
▪ I. ‖ tante (tɑ̃t, ˈtantə) Also Tante. 1. [Fr., Ger.: cf. aunt.] An aunt; also, an older woman who stands in a close relationship. Freq. prefixed to a proper name or as a form of address.1815 F. Burney Let. 13–18 May (1980) VIII. 129 ‘My tante’ made me a long agitated visit. 1929 E. M. Brent-Dyer R...
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hog
▪ I. hog, n.1 (hɒg) Also 4(?)–6 hogge, 6– hogg. [First exemplified c 1340, but the derivative hoggaster occurs c 1175: origin unknown. The word may possibly be contained in the OE. place-names Hocgestán (Hogston) and Hocgetwistle; but this is hardly likely. The conjecture that ME. hog represented Co...
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