JEKYLL AND HYDE


Meaning of JEKYLL AND HYDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈje-kəl-ən-ˈhīd also ]

ˈjē- or ˈjā- 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

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