Jove

[ johv ]

/ dʒoʊv /

noun

Archaic. the planet Jupiter.

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 Juppiter father Jove), akin. to deus god; cognate with Greek Zeús (genitive Diós) Zeus

Example sentences from the Web for jove

At this point, a normal, fair-minded human being would think, "Well, by jove, we've got to get out there and equal them."

Florida Is Going Democratic |Michael Tomasky |August 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
But, for this foul deed, the wrath of Jove shall rest upon them here and hereafter.'

Elson Grammar School Literature, Book Four. |William H. Elson
Then Jove's daughter Minerva came up to them, having assumed the form and voice of Mentor.

The Odyssey |Homer
The pair met by the oak tree, and King Apollo son of Jove was first to speak.

The Iliad |Homer

Nine of Jove's years are gone; the timbers of our ships have rotted; their tackling is sound no longer.

The Iliad |Homer
The word is so printed that nothing but the sense can determine whether it be love or Jove.

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies |Samuel Johnson

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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