fountain

Definition

A natural source of water; a spring.

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”).

Example Sentences

• "A little fountaine became a riuer, and there was light, & the Sunne, and much water: this riuer is Eſther, whō the King married and made Queene."
• "His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15."
• "As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note."

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