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Jove

[ johv ]
/ dʒoʊv /

noun

Jupiter (def. 1).
Archaic. the planet Jupiter.

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Idioms for 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

Words nearby Jove

journo, joust, Jouve, j'ouvert, Jouy print, Jove, jovial, joviality, Jovian, Jovian planet, jow
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British Dictionary definitions for Jove

Jove
/ (dʒəʊv) /

noun

another name for Jupiter 1
by Jove an exclamation of surprise or excitement

Word Origin for Jove

C14: from Old Latin Jovis Jupiter
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