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

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

He also formed the film production and distribution company Films by Jove Inc. with his second wife, Joan Borsten, in 1988.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2017

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

From Time • May 25, 2014

Jove seized his thunderbolt and hurled it at the rash, repentant driver.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton