Definitions for jekyll and hydeˈdʒɛk əl, ˈdʒi kəl
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Jek′yll and Hyde′ˈdʒɛk əl, ˈdʒi kəl(n.)
a person marked by dual personality, one aspect of which is good and the other bad.
Origin of Jekyll and Hyde:
after the protagonist of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)
Princeton's WordNet
Jekyll and Hyde(noun)
someone with two personalities - one good and one evil
Wiktionary
Jekyll and Hyde(Noun)
Someone who alternates between a good and an evil personality.
Origin: From The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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