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Jovian

jo·vian

UK/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vi.ən/ US/ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vi.ən/ uncommon

adjective

1.

of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter

  • “Jovian satellites”
2.

of or pertaining to or befitting the Roman deity Jupiter

  • “Jovian thunderbolts”
  • “Jovian wrath”

Origin

From Latin Iovis (“Jove, Jupiter”) + -an, analysable as Jove + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Zeusian.

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