Jekyll and Hyde

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dʒɛkəl ænd haɪd/
  • IPA(key): /dʒiːkəl ænd haɪd/ (original pronunciation, now rare)

Noun

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Jekyll and Hyde (plural Jekylls and Hydes or Jekyll and Hydes)

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

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