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Wellspring   /wˈɛlsprˌɪŋ/   Listen
Wellspring

noun
1.
The source of water for a well.  Synonym: wellhead.
2.
An abundant source.  Synonyms: fountainhead, well.





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"Wellspring" Quotes from Famous Books



... at her window view, more astonished than anything else at this sudden rise of passion in the drummer. She could hardly believe her senses—so good-natured and tractable had he invariably been. It was not for her to see the wellspring of human passion. A real flame of love is a subtle thing. It burns as a will-o'-the-wisp, dancing onward to fairylands of delight. It roars as a furnace. Too often jealousy is the quality ...
— Sister Carrie • Theodore Dreiser


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