- (a) fount of knowledge
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a person, organization, book etc that provides a lot of information, advice, or ideasMain entry: fount
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
(a) fount of knowledge
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Fount — can refer to:* A spring or fountain (mostly literary or poetic), and thus, metaphorically, a source of something beneficial (as in fount of knowledge, wisdom etc.) * The traditional English spelling of the once Americanized (1828) font (i.e.… … Wikipedia
fount — [ faunt ] noun count LITERARY a FOUNTAIN a fount of knowledge/wisdom/advice/ideas, etc. OFTEN HUMOROUS a person, organization, book etc. that provides a lot of information, advice, or ideas … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fount — UK [faʊnt] / US noun [countable] Word forms fount : singular fount plural founts literary a fountain • a fount of knowledge/wisdom/advice/ideas etc often humorous a person, organization, book etc that provides a lot of information, advice, or… … English dictionary
fount — noun a) something from which water flows He is a real fount of knowledge! b) a device from which poultry may drink Syn: font, fountain, waterer … Wiktionary
fount — fount, font These are the traditional British and American spellings respectively of the term meaning ‘a set of printing type of one size or face’. Font is now also used in BrE, and is rapidly ousting fount. Both words are only remotely connected … Modern English usage
fount — [faunt] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: fountain] the fount of all knowledge/wisdom etc literary the place, person, idea etc that all knowledge, ↑wisdom etc comes from … Dictionary of contemporary English
fount — noun (C) 1 the fount of all knowledge/wisdom etc literary or humorous the place, person, idea etc that all knowledge, wisdom etc comes from; source 1 (1) 2 BrE technical a complete set of letters of one kind and size used to print books,… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fount — [[t]fa͟ʊnt[/t]] founts N COUNT: usu sing, N of n If you describe a person or thing as the fount of something, you are saying that they are an important source or supply of it. [LITERARY] To the young boy his father was the fount of all knowledge … English dictionary
(a) fount of wisdom — a fount of knowledge/wisdom/advice/ideas etc/often humorous phrase a person, organization, book etc that provides a lot of information, advice, or ideas Thesaurus: someone who is intelligent or well informedhyponym educated people and… … Useful english dictionary
(a) fount of advice — a fount of knowledge/wisdom/advice/ideas etc/often humorous phrase a person, organization, book etc that provides a lot of information, advice, or ideas Thesaurus: someone who is intelligent or well informedhyponym educated people and… … Useful english dictionary
