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Jove

[johv]
noun
  1. Jupiter(def 1).
  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!
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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
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  • You don't know her, you know, nor the old beggar either, by Jove!

    The Spenders

    Harry Leon Wilson

  • Jove, I believe it's more funk than anything else, that's laid him low.

    It Happened in Egypt

    C. N. Williamson

  • In Italy it was the tree of Jove, great father of immortals and of mankind.

    Bride of the Mistletoe

    James Lane Allen

  • By Jove, he did fit into a home, here certainly was a different Joe.

    The Harbor

    Ernest Poole

  • Themis has left her throne on the right hand of Jove, and descended to the globe of earth.

    Imogen

    William Godwin

British Dictionary definitions for jove

Jove

noun
  1. another name for Jupiter 1
  2. by Jove an exclamation of surprise or excitement
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Word Origin

C14: from Old Latin Jovis Jupiter
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Word Origin and History for jove

Jove

Roman god of the bright sky, late 14c., from Latin Iovis, from PIE *dyeu- "to shine," with derivatives referring to the sky, heavens, a god (see diurnal, and cf. Zeus). In classical Latin, the compound Iuppiter replaced Old Latin Iovis as the god's name.

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