fountful
fountful adjective: full of fountains or springs.
Adjective
fountful (comparative more fountful, superlative most fountful)
- Full of fountains or springs.
- '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.'c. 1718, Alexander Pope (translator), The Iliad of Homer, Book XV
- The golden pleasures of love and song will me whole And in fountful recesses I'll repeat (beyond the ear of shepherds) The stories I heard in a dream, and your lambent kisses I stole And stood upon a hill surrounded by songful birds1959, Mehdi Ali Seljouk, My Goddess: A Devotional Epic, page 31
- Gushing.
- Dost thou explore Sabrina's fountful source, Where huge Plinlimmon's hoary height afoends;1766, Robert Dodsley, A Collection of Poems, volume 4, page 62
- Far beyond the tangible love goeth When the matron's holy fountful breast Of the slumbering infant's breathings knoweth, Distant in its rosy curtained nest :1875, Charles Curle, “Breathings of the Invisible”, in Wind Tossed Leaves Reclaimed, page 3
Forms of fountful
| comparative | more fountful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fountful |
Origin of fountful
From fount + -ful.
Questions about fountful
- What does fountful mean?
- Fountful means full of fountains or springs.
- What part of speech is fountful?
- Fountful is an adjective.
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