fountful adjective2 •Gushing.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 : — 1875 •(literary, no longer used) Full of fountains or springs.'Go wait the Thunderer's will,' Saturnia cried, / 'On yon tall summit of the fountful Ide: / There in the Father's awful presence stand, / Receive and execute his dread command.' — 1718 formsmore fountful · most fountful