wellspring
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wellspring
- /ˈwɛlsprɪŋ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English wellespring, from Old English wiellspring, wiellġespring (“spring, fount, fountain”), corresponding to well + spring. More at well, spring.
noun wellsprings
- The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
- A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource. We’re so often taught to simply believe in ourselves—to trust our instincts—that to see a narrative in which second-guessing oneself and refusing one’s deepest impulses is a potential wellspring of charity and good is, in itself, noteworthy.
