Meanings
- Romanhuman sciencesJupiter, god of the sky.
BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove’s roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]
1781, [Mostyn John Armstrong], History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk. Volume IX. Containing the Hundreds of Smithdon, Taverham, Tunstead, Walsham, and Wayland, volume IX, Norwich: Printed by J. Crouse, for M. Booth, bookseller, →OCLC, page 51 - archaicastronomyJupiter
- obsoletealchemyTin.
- An expression of surprise or amazement.
"I promise to take care of myself. Yes; I won't take any risks. Not a single blessed risk. Of course not. I mean to hang out. Don't worry. Jove! I feel as though nothing could touch me. Why! this is luck from the word Go."
1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page xxiii. 177
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dyḗws
- LatinIovis
- Middle EnglishJoves
- EnglishJove
Inherited from Middle English Joves, from Latin Iovis, genitive of Iuppiter, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Doublet of Dyeus, Jupiter, and Zeus.
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Esperanto Jovo
- JovoJupiter, god of the sky
French Jupin
- JupinJupiter, god of the sky
Hindi जोव
- जोव (jov)Jupiter, god of the sky
Italian Giove
- GioveJupiter, god of the sky
Latin Iovis
- IovisJupiter, god of the sky
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Jove
Cite this entry
Jove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jove
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