jupiter

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky
noun (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus

Decapitalization, from planet Jupiter. From being a planet like Jupiter.

But Jupiter is descending to-day. — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
Fortuna Major: the planet Jupiter. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
Jupiter was setting in the depths. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

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