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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : foun-tn-hed |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaʊn tnˌhɛd |
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Définition of fountainhead
Origin :- "spring from which a stream flows," 1580s, from fountain + head (n.). Figurative use is from c.1600.
- noun principal source; person who originates
- Wasting no more words, I marched off to the fountainhead for information.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Such publications became the fountainhead of Colonial design.
- Extract from : « The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia » by Frank Cousins
- Such knowledge he acquired at the fountainhead—that is, from himself.
- Extract from : « The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 1, 1853-1866 » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Your veins run with fiery evil direct from its fountainhead.
- Extract from : « Under the Witches' Moon » by Nathan Gallizier
- French Gothic churches are a fountainhead, and should rank first.
- Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
- Your Spanish royalty is the keystone, the fountainhead, of Spanish society, is it not?
- Extract from : « The Wolf Cub » by Patrick Casey
- But to find the supreme example of Bahai tagiya we have to go to the fountainhead.
- Extract from : « Bahaism and Its Claims » by Samuel Graham Wilson
- Wagner is the fountainhead of the new school, let them mock his romanticism as they may.
- Extract from : « Ivory Apes and Peacocks » by James Huneker
- Tell me the real truth, as you have it from the fountainhead.
- Extract from : « Mansfield Park » by Jane Austen
- It redirects our attention to the great source and fountainhead of human life.
- Extract from : « The Pivot of Civilization » by Margaret Sanger
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