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Jekyll and Hyde
[ jek-uhl, jee-kuhl ]
noun
- a person marked by dual personality, one aspect of which is good and the other bad.
Jekyll and Hyde
/ ˈdʒɛkəl; haɪd /
noun
- a person with two distinct personalities, one good, the other evil
- ( 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 .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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