j 8 a 1 u 1 n 1 t 1
5 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a journey taken for pleasure
verb make a trip for pleasure
originOrigin uncertain. Perhaps a palatalised alteration of daunt (“to discourage”). Compare Scots jaunder (“to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer”), dialectal Swedish ganta (“to play the buffoon, romp, jest”); perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce. Modern usage likely influenced by jaunty.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0