fount
noun/faʊnt/
/faʊnt/
(literary or humorous)- 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.Definitions on the go
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