fount

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noun (1)

: fountain, source
a fount of knowledge
British
: a type font

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Noun
Iger proved to be a fount of knowledge about the company’s founder. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025 Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, House of the Dragon, and The Pitthave all featured grueling and gory depictions of what those series frame as women’s work, punctuated with founts of blood and soundtracked by screams. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025 The South Bronx was also a fount of artistic fecundity, where poets, musicians, artists, and dancers created hip-hop. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025 Nearly as important, though, is the fact that streaming continues to be a sizable fount of new viewers even after on-air and DVR viewing essentially stops. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for fount

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Anglo-French funte, founte, from Latin font-, fons

Noun (2)

French fonte, from Middle French — more at font

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

circa 1683, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fount was in the 15th century

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“Fount.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fount. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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fount

noun
ˈfau̇nt

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