Definition of Jekyll and Hyde

1. Noun. Someone with two personalities - one good and one evil.

Generic synonyms: Anomaly, Unusual Person

Definition of Jekyll and Hyde

1. Noun. Someone who alternates between a good and an evil personality. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jekyll And Hyde

Jeffs
Jeffy
Jeghers-Peutz syndrome
Jehannum
Jehoshaphat
Jehovah
Jehovah's-Witness
Jehovah's Witness
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovahs
Jehovist
Jehovistic
Jehu
Jeju-do
Jekyll-and-Hyde
Jekyll and Hyde (current term)
Jelambar
Jelgava
Jell-O
Jell-O shot
Jell-O shots
Jellinek formula
Jello
Jelly Roll Morton
Jem
Jemaah Islamiyah
Jembrana disease
Jemima
Jemlah goat
Jemma

Literary usage of Jekyll and Hyde

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Reminicsences of Thirty-five Years of Journalism by Franc Banga Wilkie (1891)
"Jekyll and Hyde. STOREY, like a majority of men, ... He was almost as distinct in his two natures as Jekyll and Hyde. On the surface he was grand, ..."

2. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"But his “Brownies,” in a vision of the night, showed him the central scene, and he wrote “Jekyll and Hyde.” My “friend of these days and of all days,” Mr. ..."

3. Richard Mansfield: The Man and the Actor by Paul Wilstach (1908)
"After a night of Jekyll and Hyde he usually saw no one and supped alone. His friend, "Jack" Lincoln, had this in mind on the last night of Mansfield's ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... and Mr. Hyde,' has created so enduring an impression that "Jekyll" and "Hyde" have become proverbial symbols of the good and the evil in human nature. ..."

5. The Digressions of V. by Elihu Vedder (1910)
"I may as well say that these voices are those of Jekyll and Hyde, only each man's Jekyll and Hyde are different from those of other men; for I have known ..."

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