Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Havingno fountain; without springs or wells.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without
fountains .
Etymologies
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fountain + -less
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Examples
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He described her, like Hagar watching the waning life of her infant amid the fountainless desert; like
Old Mortality 2004
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He described her, like Hagar watching the waning life of her infant amid the fountainless desert; like
Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801
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He described her, like Hagar watching the waning life of her infant amid the fountainless desert; like
Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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