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

Jove Meyer, the founder and creative designer of Jove Meyer Events in New York, noted that one couple plan to save a massive canvas backdrop from their wedding for their home.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

There were bitter personal feuds over who created Cheburashka and long court battles after the rights to the Soyuzmultfilm archive were sold off to the Californian company Films By Jove.

From Washington Post • May 28, 2020

But although Aurelia was a pious girl, she feared she couldn’t trust any of the household gods, or indeed great Jove himself, to save Julius.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks