Jove

American  

[johv] / dʒoʊv /

noun

1. Jupiter.

2. Archaic. the planet Jupiter.

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idioms

1. by Jove! (an exclamation used to emphasize an accompanying remark or to express surprise, approval, etc.).

   It was a good fight, by Jove!

Jove British  

/ dʒəʊv /

noun

1. another name for Jupiter 1

2. an exclamation of surprise or excitement

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Etymology

Origin of Jove

1325–75; Middle English < Latin Jov- (oblique stem of compound nominative Juppiter father Jove), akin. to deus god; cognate with Greek Zeús (genitive Diós ) Zeus

Example Sentences

Jove Meyer, owner and creative director of an eponymous event planning company in Brooklyn, has handled all of the above in dress codes.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

Jean Arthur is the granddaughter, Alice, who works for a living, and falls in Jove with James Stewart, the son of Wall Street’s great stock manipulator impersonated by Edward Arnold.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

The columnist said that a member of the snooty Knickerbocker Club in New York “after seeing the zest with which she danced, remarked in his languid way, ‘Bah, Jove!

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2022

By Jove, you know, fellahs don’t fight like that for a shop-till!’”

From Time • May 25, 2014

By Jove, he'd sailed pretty near the wind once or twice!

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie