noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/dʒɛkəl ænd haɪd/
/dʒiːkəl ænd haɪd/
1
noun
Meaning 1
Someone or something that has two sides: one good (the "Dr Jekyll") and one bad (the "Mr Hyde").
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
noun
Meaning 2
someone with two personalities - one good and one evil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: anomaly, unusual person
History
Etymology
From The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson.