Antonyms for fount


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fount
Phonetic Transcription : faÊŠnt


Definition of fount

Origin :
  • mid-15c., probably a shortening of fountain, influenced by Middle French font "fount."
  • noun origin
Example sentences :
  • It was strange that from the fount of joy sorrow was thrown up.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • The sovereign was not only the fount of honour, but of wealth!
  • Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever
  • That which keeps the world going, the fount of life, is folly.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • Uncle Katoma cut a dry spray from a tree, and flung it into the fount.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • They reached me as from some solemn sanctuary, a fount of inspiration.
  • Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson
  • The cathedral, a fount of superstition, must find no place in his life.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • They committed gaucheries, but the fount thereof was kindliness.
  • Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke
  • How are fount, fountain, and spring used in the figurative sense?
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • The 'customs' are rivers that 'go on forever' flowing from the fount of the soul.
  • Extract from : « Love's Meinie » by John Ruskin
  • In spite of her weariness and aching limbs, there was a fount of joy in her heart.
  • Extract from : « Mollie's Prince » by Rosa Nouchette Carey

Synonyms for fount

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