fountain of youth

See also: Fountain of Youth

English

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Noun

fountain of youth (plural fountains of youth)

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.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:

     Who has not known some even-tempered old man or woman who seemed to have drunk of the fountain of youth?

   • 2021, Albert W. Taylor, Physiology of Exercise and Healthy Aging, page 273:

     Injections of hGH have become increasingly popular as a virtual “rejuvenator” or “fountain of youth.”

Translations

anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality

Dutch: fontein van de jeugd f, fontein der jeugd f Finnish: nuoruudenlähde French: fontaine de jouvence (fr) f German: Jungbrunnen (de) m Greek: πηγή της νιότης f (pigí tis niótis) Italian: fonte della giovinezza f Japanese: 若返りの泉 Norwegian: ungdomskilde m Polish: fontanna młodości f Portuguese: fonte da juventude f Russian: исто́чник мо́лодости m (istóčnik mólodosti) Spanish: fuente de la juventud f Turkish: gençlik çeşmesi (literal, calque), bengi su (tr), abıhayat (tr), dirim suyu

See also

• elixir of life
• philosopher's stone

Further reading

• Fountain of Youth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia