fountain of youth

noun

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.”

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Meanings

fountain of youth1

nounfountain of youth (plural fountains of youth)

plural fountains of youth

  1. idiomaticAnything 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.

    2 more examples

    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

Fountain of Youth2

proper nounthe Fountain of Youth
  1. human sciencesA legendary spring of water with the magical property of restoring youth and health to those who bathe or drink from it.

Translations

Dutch fontein van de jeugd, fontein der jeugd
  • fontein van de jeugdanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • fontein der jeugdanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
Finnish nuoruudenlähde, nuoruuden lähde
  • nuoruudenlähdeanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • nuoruuden lähdelegendary spring of water that restores youth
French fontaine de jouvence, fontaine de jouvence
  • fontaine de jouvenceanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • fontaine de jouvencelegendary spring of water that restores youth
German Jungbrunnen, Jungbrunnen
  • Jungbrunnenanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • Jungbrunnenlegendary spring of water that restores youth
Greek πηγή της νιότης
  • πηγή της νιότης (pigí tis niótis)anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
Italian fonte della giovinezza, fonte della giovinezza
  • fonte della giovinezzaanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • fonte della giovinezzalegendary spring of water that restores youth
Japanese 若返りの泉
  • 若返りの泉anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
Norwegian ungdomskilde
  • ungdomskildeanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
Polish fontanna młodości, fontanna młodości
  • fontanna młodościanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • fontanna młodościlegendary spring of water that restores youth
Portuguese fonte da juventude, Fonte da Juventude
  • fonte da juventudeanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • Fonte da Juventudelegendary spring of water that restores youth
Russian исто́чник мо́лодости
  • исто́чник мо́лодости (istóčnik mólodosti)anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
Spanish fuente de la juventud
  • fuente de la juventudanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
Swedish ungdomens källa, ungdomskälla
  • ungdomens källaanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • ungdomskällaanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • ungdomens källalegendary spring of water that restores youth
Turkish gençlik çeşmesi, bengi su
  • gençlik çeşmesianything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • bengi suanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • abıhayatanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • dirim suyuanything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
  • gençlik çeşmesilegendary spring of water that restores youth
  • bengi sulegendary spring of water that restores youth
  • abıhayatlegendary spring of water that restores youth
  • dirim suyulegendary spring of water that restores youth
Cite this entry
APA

fountain of youth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fountain%20of%20youth

MLA

“fountain of youth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fountain%20of%20youth. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fountain of youth,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fountain%20of%20youth.

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