Meaning & use
fount
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A source from which something, especially knowledge or a quality, springs or flows abundantly.
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The professor was a fount of obscure historical facts.
The old library remained a fount of inspiration for generations of writers.
A note on using this word
Poetic in tone, "fount" originally meant a literal fountain or spring, and is also the British spelling of "font" in printing (a complete set of type).
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A fountain or spring (archaic/literary).
Pilgrims drank from the sacred fount at the shrine.
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