Jove
[ johv ]
/ dʒoʊv /
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noun
Archaic. the planet Jupiter.
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Idioms about Jove
by Jove! (an exclamation used to emphasize an accompanying remark or to express surprise, approval, etc.): It was a good fight, by Jove!
Origin of Jove
1325–75; Middle English <Latin Jov- (oblique stem of compound nominative Juppiterfather Jove), akin. to deus god; cognate with Greek Zeús (genitive Diós) Zeus
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Word Origin for Jove
C14: from Old Latin Jovis Jupiter
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