fountainhead

[ foun-tn-hed ]

/ ˈfaʊn tnˌhɛd /

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noun

a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.

a chief source of anything: a fountainhead of information.

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Origin of fountainhead

First recorded in 1575–85; fountain + head

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Examples from the Web for fountainhead

In 1949 his wife Lauren Bacall was slated to star alongside Gary Cooper in the adaptation of Rand's The Fountainhead.
Great Weekend Reads|The Daily Beast|April 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
To RJ Eskow of the Campaign for America's Future, his plan is " The Fountainhead meets Death Race 2000."
Big-Spending Budget Hawk|Benjamin Sarlin|July 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Pauline Kael nailed The Fountainhead, both the novel and the film made from it, as “wildly extravagant Kitsch.”
Capitalism's Wicked Witch|Allen Barra|November 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Here is the fountainhead of truth, from which the two great streams of philosophical thought upon morals have diverged.
The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians|G. G. Findlay

I think we English folk might learn from them to put more joy into our work, that fountainhead of life and health.
The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28|Various
To quaff at the fountainhead unlimited draughts from the rich cup of pleasure!
Fiesco or, The Genoese Conspiracy|Friedrich Schiller
In war everything is very simple, wrote Clausewitz, the fountainhead of the modern system.
The War With Mexico, Volume I (of 2)|Justin H. Smith
French Gothic churches are a fountainhead, and should rank first.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

British Dictionary definitions for fountainhead

fountainhead

/ (ˈfaʊntɪnˌhɛd) /

noun

a spring that is the source of a stream

a principal or original source

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Word Origin and History for fountainhead