fount
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noun
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poetic a spring or fountain
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source or origin
noun
Etymology
Origin of fount
First recorded in 1585–95; short for fountain
Example Sentences
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The 99-year-old artist—long excluded from the mainstream, male-dominated art scene in Mexico, and who only had her first major retrospective last year—is a quiet yet forceful fount of tenderness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
I, too, wish that things were different, that the two men who acted as the fount for the most significant art in my life had been able to pass gently into that good night.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025
“He was a fount of historical experience and knowledge.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
From times old to current, our culture’s like a fount.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
We fount the store on the paper and the cap’n tolt me to wait whilst he went in and talked to a man setting at a counter.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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