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Jekyll and Hyde

[ jek-uhl, jee-kuhl ]

noun

  1. a person marked by dual personality, one aspect of which is good and the other bad.


Jekyll and Hyde

/ ˈdʒɛkəl; haɪd /

noun

    1. a person with two distinct personalities, one good, the other evil
    2. ( as modifier )

      a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jekyll and Hyde1

After the protagonist of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jekyll and Hyde1

C19: after the principal character of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
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Idioms and Phrases

A personality alternating between good and evil behavior, as in You never know whether Bob will be a Jekyll or a Hyde . This expression comes from Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886). Also see lead a double life .

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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