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Fountainhead   Listen
noun
fountainhead  n.  
1.
An abundant source.
Synonyms: well, wellspring.
2.
The source of water from which a stream arises.
Synonyms: headspring, head.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Fountainhead" Quotes from Famous Books



... it is doleful merely to help them to linger out the remnant of a life consumed upon these cobwebs of vanity. It is the fountainhead that must be reached—the ...
— The Clever Woman of the Family • Charlotte M. Yonge
... human nature—the vast, unwritten life within—was simply amazing. Such knowledge he acquired at the fountainhead—that is, from himself. He recognized in himself an extreme example of the human being with all the attributes of power and of weakness, and he ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... scouts,—shall we stop at the Lodge, or take a chance up Long Lake until we reach a point where we can strike off to reach Hendrick Spring, the fountainhead of the Hudson River?" ...
— Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks • Lillian Elizabeth Roy
... a huge block of black diorite, and was found in the tell of the acropolis in the winter of 1901-2. This document in itself has entirely revolutionized current theories as to the growth and origin of the principal ancient legal codes. It proves that Babylonia was the fountainhead from which many later races borrowed portions of their legislative systems. Moreover, the subjects dealt with in this code of laws embrace most of the different classes of the Babylonian people, and it regulates their duties and their relations ...
— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery • L.W. King and H.R. Hall


Words linked to "Fountainhead" :   headspring, wellspring, well, root, beginning


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