First Known Use: circa 1922
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Jekyll and Hyde
noun Je·kyll and Hyde \ˈje-kəl-ən-ˈhīd also ˈjē- or ˈjā-\
: someone who is sometimes good and pleasant and sometimes very rude or bad
Full Definition of JEKYLL AND HYDE
: one having a two-sided personality one side of which is good and the other evil
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Origin of JEKYLL AND HYDE
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
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