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Jove

[johv]
–noun
1. Jupiter (def. 1).
2. Archaic. the planet Jupiter.
3. by Jove! (an exclamation used to emphasize an accompanying remark or to express surprise, approval, etc.): It was a good fight, by Jove!

Origin:
1325–75; ME < L Jov- (obl. s. of compound nom. Juppiter father Jove), akin. to deus god; c. Gk Zeús (gen. Diós) Zeus
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