circumjovial

English edit

Etymology edit

From circum- +‎ Jovial.

Adjective edit

circumjovial (not comparable)

(astronomy, obsolete) In orbit around the planet Jupiter; circumjovian.

Noun edit

circumjovial (plural circumjovials)

(astronomy, obsolete) Any of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter.
- 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
  Accordingly the declination of each Circumjovial, assigned by the diligent and sagacious Caſſini

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “circumjovial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)