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Jekyll and Hyde en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dʒiːkəl ænd haɪd/
• /dʒɛkəl ænd haɪd/

Etymology

From The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Meanings

1. Someone or something that has two sides: one good (the "Dr Jekyll") and one bad (the "Mr Hyde").
   • Charles Xavier: That was my… Evil self, X-Men. The Charles Xavier who would use his powers for personal gain and conquest--The Mr Hyde to my Dr Jekyll. 1977, “Dark Shroud of the Past!”, in Uncanny X-Men, number 106, page 31:
   • Studying geometry is sort of a Dr. Jekyll-and-Mr. Hyde thing. You have the ordinary geometry of shapes (the Dr. Jekyll part) and the strange world of geometry proofs (the Mr. Hyde part). 2011, Mark Ryan, Geometry Essentials For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 5:
   • GizmoDuck: Excuse me! Just a little case of Jekyll and Hyde, that's all! 1989, “Super DuckTales Part 3: Full Metal Duck”, in DuckTales, season 3, episode 8:
   • America! / The international Jekyll and Hyde / The land of a thousand disguises / Sneaks up on you but rarely surprises 1974, “H2Ogate Blues”, in Winter in America, performed by Gil Scott-Heron:
   • The public will be better off if United and Western are true competitors, instead of a pair of Jekylls and Hydes. 1944, United Air Lines, Inc, Before the Civil Aeronautics Board: Briefs, Exhibits, etc. (page 28)

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