JEKYLL AND HYDE


Meaning of JEKYLL AND HYDE in English

Pronunciation: ' je-k ə l- ə n- ' h ī d also ' j ē - or ' j ā -

Function: noun

Etymology: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, representing the two-sided personality of the protagonist in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) by R. L. Stevenson

Date: circa 1922

: one having a two-sided personality one side of which is good and the other evil

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.