fountful

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fountful

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adjective more fountful · most fountful

  1. archaic, poetic Full of fountains or springs. c. 1718, Alexander Pope (translator), The Iliad of Homer, Book XV 'Go wait the Thunderer's will,' Saturnia cried, / 'On yon tall summit of the fountful Ide: / There in the Father's awful presence stand, / Receive and execute his dread command.'
  2. Gushing. Dost thou explore Sabrina's fountful source, Where huge Plinlimmon's hoary height afoends;

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@misc{fountful_2026,
  title = {fountful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fountful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}