fountain of youth
fountain of youth noun: anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.
Noun
fountain of youth (plural fountains of youth)
- 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
Proper noun capitalized: Fountain of Youth
the Fountain of Youth
Forms of fountain of youth
| plural | fountains of youth |
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Questions about fountain of youth
- What does fountain of youth mean?
- Fountain of youth means anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.
- What part of speech is fountain of youth?
- Fountain of youth can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of fountain of youth?
- The plural of fountain of youth is fountains of youth.
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