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fount

noun
 
/faʊnt/
 
/faʊnt/
(literary or humorous)
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  1. fount (of something) the place where something important comes from synonym source
    • She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge.
    • I would hardly regard him as a fount/source of all wisdom.
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: back-formation from fountain, on the pattern of the pair mountain, mount.
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