fountainousadj.
/ˈfaʊntɪnəs/ rare.
a. Of the nature of a fountain or source. literal and figurative.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adjective]
mother?c1225
originalc1350
radicala1398
primitive?a1425
fundamentalc1449
primordial?a1450
primea1500
primary1565
nativea1592
fundamentive1593
primordiate1599
primara1603
remote1605
originousa1637
originary1638
parental1647
principiate1654
fontal1656
underivative1656
underived1656
fountainous1662
first hand1699
matricular1793
first-handed1855
protomorphic1887
1662 T. Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. i. 22 From the fountaineous Idæa's there proceded others.
1747 E. Poston Pratler I. 42 From this vast fountainous Cause we may plainly trace all the Sins and Follies of Mankind.
b. Containing fountains or springs of water.
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the world > the earth > water > fountain > [adjective] > having
fountainous1664
fountained1818
1664 J. Beale in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 29 If the Land be neither dry..nor fountainous.
1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 72 The angels..unsealed The secret wealth of many a fountainous hill.
Derivatives
ˈfountainously adv. (= as from a source).
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adverb] > derivatively
derivedly1621
derivately1636
derivativelya1640
deductivelya1641
fountainously1662
derivationally1883
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 195 The light of the same proceeding immediately and fountainously from the Father of Lights.
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