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Definition of Jekyll and Hyde
1. Noun. Someone with two personalities - one good and one evil.
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
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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