Definitions for fountain of youth
foun·tain of youth

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1. Fountain of Youthnoun

   a fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again

   "Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth"

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1. fountain of youthnoun

   Anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.

2. Fountain of Youthnoun

   Legendary spring of water with magical properties to restore youth and health to those who drink from it.

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1. Fountain of Youth

   The Fountain of Youth is a mythical spring which allegedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. Tales of such a fountain have been recounted around the world for thousands of years, appearing in the writings of Herodotus (5th century BC), in the Alexander romance (3rd century AD), and in the stories of Prester John (early Crusades, 11th/12th centuries AD). Stories of similar waters also featured prominently among the people of the Caribbean during the Age of Exploration (early 16th century); they spoke of the restorative powers of the water in the mythical land of Bimini. Based on these many legends, explorers and adventurers looked for the elusive Fountain of Youth or some other remedy to aging, generally associated with magic waters. These waters might have been a river, a spring or any other water-source said to reverse the aging process and to cure sickness when swallowed or bathed in. The legend became particularly prominent in the 16th century, when it became associated with the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, the first Governor of Puerto Rico. Ponce de León was supposedly searching for the Fountain of Youth when he traveled to Florida in 1513. Legend has it that Native Americans told Ponce de León that the Fountain of Youth was in Bimini.

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1. fountain of youth

   The Fountain of Youth is a legendary spring or body of water that supposedly restores the youth and vitality of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. It is commonly associated with various myths and folklore across different cultures and has been sought after throughout history for its purported ability to grant eternal youth or extend life indefinitely.

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1. Fountain of Youth

   The Fountain of Youth is a legendary spring that supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. Tales of such a fountain have been recounted across the world for thousands of years, appearing in writings by Herodotus, the Alexander romance, and the stories of Prester John. Stories of similar waters were also evidently prominent among the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean during the Age of Exploration, who spoke of the restorative powers of the water in the mythical land of Bimini. The legend became particularly prominent in the 16th century, when it became attached to the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, first Governor of Puerto Rico. According to an apocryphal combination of New World and Eurasian elements, Ponce de León was searching for the Fountain of Youth when he traveled to what is now Florida in 1513.

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How to pronounce fountain of youth?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fountain of youth in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fountain of youth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of fountain of youth in a Sentence

1. Johnny Wowk:

   Organic Broccoli is the fountain of youth vegetable - Johnny Wowk AKA Johnny The Walker

2. Andrew Freeman:

   Physical activity is just absolutely magnificent, and when if you blend that with eating a more plant-based diet, de-stressing, sleeping enough and connecting with others -- that's your magic recipe. It's the fountain of youth, if you will.

3. Scott Kelly:

   The telomeres are the things that are in our chromosomes that are indications of our physical age, so as we age, they get shorter – mine got longer in space, so it was a little bit like the fountain of youth – unfortunately when I got back down to Earth they went back down to where they were.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fountain of youth
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fountain_of_Youth
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_of_Youth
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fountain of youth