fount
1
[fount]
/faʊnt/
noun
1.
a spring of water;
fountain
.
2.
a source or origin:
a fount of inspiration to his congregation.
Origin
1585-95;
short for
fountain
fount
2
[fount, font]
/faʊnt, fɒnt/
noun
,
British Printing.
1.
font
2
.
Examples from the web for
fount
Have traced the
fount
whence streams of nectar flow.
When the chain reaches the water, it throws back a clear, arcing
fount
as thick as my thumb.
The award of honours in exchange for donations to royal causes made the monarchy the predominant
fount
of charity.
It is an indispensable
fount
of liquidity for world trade.
Patients had found the
fount
of unlimited care, and doctors and hospitals had discovered a pot of gold.
His pergolas and
fount
ains dazzle with their glistening mesh aluminum.
Incorporate public art or other elements such as
fount
ains, which express neighborhood character.
British Dictionary definitions for
fount
fount
1
/
faʊnt
/
noun
1.
(
poetic
) a spring or fountain
2.
source or origin
Word Origin
C16: back formation from
fountain
fount
2
/
faʊnt;
fɒnt
/
noun
1.
(
printing
)
another word for
font
2
Word Origin
C16: from Old French
fonte
a founding, casting, from Vulgar Latin
funditus
(unattested) a casting, from Latin
fundere
to melt; see
found
³
Word Origin and History for
fount
n.
mid-15c., probably a shortening of
fountain
, influenced by Middle French
font
"fount."