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fount1

Pronunciation: /faʊnt/

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Definition of fount

noun

  • a source of a desirable quality or commodity:our courier was a fount of knowledge
  • literary a spring or fountain.

Origin:

late 16th century: back-formation from fountain, on the pattern of the pair mountain, mount

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