Jove
[dʒəuv]
Definition
(n.) The chief divinity of the ancient Romans; Jupiter.
(n.) The planet Jupiter.
(n.) The metal tin.
Editor: Stephen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (Myth.) Jupiter.
Edited by Carlos
Examples
- I'll go like a bullet, _by_ Jove! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- By Jove, that's good news! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- By Jove, Selden's at Nice--I'll send for Selden! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is not the daughter of Cadmus I see, nor do I realize her fatal longing to look on Jove in the majesty of his god-head. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Well hit, by Jove, says little Osborne, with the air of a connoisseur, clapping his man on the back. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I've got my faculties as if I was in my prime, but names wear out, by Jove! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Father of all in every age, in every clime adored By saint, by savage and by sage, Jehovah, Jove or Lord. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A beggar, by Jove, and all in consequence of my d--d sentimentality. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Oh, by Jove--you don't mean Gryce? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Well, I heard him say--By Jove, she's a neat little filly! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Ah, by Jove he has! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- By Jove, it's too bad, thought Rawdon, too bad, by Jove! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Georgy burst out laughing and said, By Jove, that was a good 'un. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Only there's one thing I order you to avoid, which, if you do not, I'll cut you off with a shilling, by Jove; and that's gambling. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Pious to guard the hospitable rite, And fearing Jove, whom mercy's works delight. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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