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fountainous, a. rare.|ˈfaʊntɪnəs|
[f. fountain n. + -ous.]
a. Of the nature of a fountain or source. lit. and fig.
b. Containing fountains or springs of water.
1655Stanley Hist. Philos. i. (1701) 18/1 From the Fountainous Idea's there proceeded others. 1664Beale in Evelyn's Pomona 29 If the Land be neither dry..nor fountainous. 1747E. Poston Pratler I. 42 From this vast fountainous Cause we may plainly trace all the Sins and Follies of Mankind. 1855Bailey Mystic 72 The angels..unsealed The secret wealth of many a fountainous hill.
Hence ˈfountainously adv. (= as from a source).
1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 195 The light of the same proceeding immediately and fountainously from the Father of Lights. |