Definition of "Jove"

Jove

/d͡ʒəʊv/

proper noun
1. (Roman mythology) Jupiter, god of the sky.
  Quotations
  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.
  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, page 51
2. (astronomy, archaic) Jupiter
3. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Tin.
interjection
1. An expression of surprise or amazement.
  Quotations
  "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