fount

[ fount ]

/ faʊnt /

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noun

a spring of water; fountain.

a source or origin: a fount of inspiration to his congregation.

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Origin of fount

First recorded in 1585–95; short for fountain

Words nearby fount

foundrous, foundry, foundry proof, foundry sand, foundry type, fount, fountain, fountain grass, fountainhead, Fountain of Youth, fountain pen

Other definitions for fount (2 of 2)

fount²

[ fount, font ]

/ faʊnt, fɒnt /

noun British Printing.

font².

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How to use fount in a sentence

If Mottley is the decisive leader, Persaud is the fount of possible solutions, churning out or delving into economic innovations he thinks might save the world.
Barbados Resists Climate Colonialism in an Effort to Survive the Costs of Global Warming|by Abrahm Lustgarten|July 27, 2022|ProPublica
The original creators, as wonderful as they were, we didn’t have that fount of information.
How Tony Kushner and His Collaborators Brought West Side Story Into the 21st Century|Andrew R. Chow|December 9, 2021|Time
The Senate in recent years has been known more as a legislative bottleneck than a fount of achievement.
The Great Kibitzer: How Chuck Schumer Got the Senate Moving Again|Molly Ball|September 2, 2021|Time
The Vatican Bank, a fount of scandal for 40 years, is being investigated for money laundering.
The Catholic Church Is Insular and Intolerant|Robert Shrum|March 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

My sister was my subject and a brutally unending fount of feeling.
Without Her Twin: Christa Parravani’s Debut Memoir|Anthony Swofford|March 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Republicans treat government as the source of most collective ills, Democrats as the fount of most collective benefits.
Paul Krugman’s Dismissal of Structural Causes for U.S. Employment Problem Is Misguided|Zachary Karabell|May 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
O for a soda-fount spouting up boldlyFrom every hot lamp-post against the hot sky!
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
Now armed mobs fought around the temple each day and a new band of priests guarded the sacred fount.
The Repairman|Harry Harrison
But the fount of inspiration, the source of temporary elation and strength, had not been exhausted by Prometheus.
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2)|Florence A. Thomas Marshall
He opened the fount of Castalia, hidden by wild branches, and cleared the grove of laurels of thorns.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study|Edward Hutton
Mayo had been a man of the open—of wide horizons, drinking from the fount of all the air under the heavens.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day

British Dictionary definitions for fount (1 of 2)

fount¹

/ (faʊnt) /

noun

poetic a spring or fountain

source or origin

Word Origin for fount

C16: back formation from fountain

British Dictionary definitions for fount (2 of 2)

fount²

/ (faʊnt, fɒnt) /

noun

printing another word for font 2

Word Origin for fount

C16: from Old French fonte a founding, casting, from Vulgar Latin funditus (unattested) a casting, from Latin fundere to melt; see found ³

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British Dictionary definitions for fount (1 of 2)

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British Dictionary definitions for fount (2 of 2)

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