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Middle English
Etymology
From Latin Iuppiter. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.
Noun
jubiter (uncountable)
- (rare, sometimes capitalised) A malleable, silvery metal; tin.
1500, Singer, Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain in Ireland:The boke...shewith howe that saturne may be turnyd into lune and jubiter into white sol..by the mene of a water that is 7 times sharper..than ever was any vineger.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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