fount
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin fons
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- Rhymes: -aʊnt
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fount (plural founts)
- something from which water flows
- a device from which poultry may drink
- (metaphorical) that from which something flows or proceeds
- He is a real fount of knowledge!
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something from which water flows
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre: to melt.
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fount (plural founts)
[edit] References
- “fount” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Bringhurst, Robert (2002). The Elements of Typographic Style, version 2.5, pp 291–2. Vancouver, Hartley & Marks. ISBN 0-88179-133-4.