Jekyll and Hyde

noun

Je·kyll and Hyde ˈje-kəl-ən-ˈhīd

also ˈjē-,

or ˈjā-

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

Examples of Jekyll and Hyde in a Sentence

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

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Meanwhile, New York was Jekyll and Hyde all year, taking really bad losses to Columbus and Utah but also taking big-time wins like their 3-1 beating of St Louis in MLP DC. —

Todd Boss, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 It’s been a Jekyll and Hyde stock market since the Club’s last Monthly Meeting. —

Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024 Along with chucking in a bit of aid on the side, this sickening duplicity, hypocrisy and deliberate moral fraudulence surely makes America, at the very least, the world’s number one Jekyll and Hyde nation, with Britain, as usual, bringing up the rear. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 June 2024 As the sun and Uranus clash, someone’s Jekyll and Hyde act is shocking! —

USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Jekyll and Hyde

Word History

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

First Known Use

circa 1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of Jekyll and Hyde was circa 1922

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“Jekyll and Hyde.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jekyll%20and%20Hyde. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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