ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fountful

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Fountful is an adjective meaning (poetic, archaic) Full of fountains or springs.

Meaning

(poetic, archaic) Full of fountains or springs.

More Meanings

  1. Gushing.

Example Sentences

...foliage where fountful rivers run and limpid pools lie beneath plashy rocks.
Dost thou explore Sabrina's fountful source, Where huge Plinlimmon's hoary height afoends;
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 :
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 birds

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include befountained, streamful, flowerful, effusive, waveful, fulsome.

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