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fountain of youth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) Anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.
   • Just watching the advertisement, you'd think the face cream was a fountain of youth.
   • Who has not known some even-tempered old man or woman who seemed to have drunk of the fountain of youth? 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
   • Injections of hGH have become increasingly popular as a virtual “rejuvenator” or “fountain of youth.” 2021, Albert W. Taylor, Physiology of Exercise and Healthy Aging, page 273:

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Relateds

philosopher's stone · elixir of life

Translations (19)

fr fontaine de jouvence (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · es fuente de la juventud (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · it fonte della giovinezza (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · de Jungbrunnen (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · tr abıhayat (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · sv ungdomskälla (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · no ungdomskilde (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · ja 若返りの泉 (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · pl fontanna młodości (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · nl fontein van de jeugd (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · sv ungdomens källa (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · nl fontein der jeugd (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · el πηγή της νιότης (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · tr gençlik çeşmesi (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · tr bengi su (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · ru исто́чник мо́лодости (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · tr dirim suyu (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · fi nuoruudenlähde (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality) · pt fonte da juventude (anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality)