Jekyll and Hyde

Je·kyll and Hyde

noun \ˈje-kəl-ən-ˈhīd also ˈjē- or ˈjā-\

Definition of JEKYLL AND HYDE

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

Examples of JEKYLL AND HYDE

1. He's a real Jekyll and Hyde who can become violent without warning.
2. his Jekyll and Hyde tendencies

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

First Known Use: circa 1922

Rhymes with JEKYLL AND HYDE

by the wayside, dissatisfied, fit to be tied, formaldehyde, infanticide, initial side, insecticide, interallied, preoccupied, rodenticide, self-satisfied, terminal side, thalidomide, Trinitytide, tyrannicide, uxoricide