Jek|yll-Hyde

Jek|yll-Hyde
Jek|yll-Hyde «JEHK uhl HYD, JEE kuhl-», adjective.
being or embodying both good and evil; having a good and a bad side: »

a Jekyll-Hyde personality; ... the Jekyll-Hyde countenance of automation (Wall Street Journal).


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  • Jek|yll-and-Hyde — «JEHK uhl uhn HYD, JEE kuhl », adjective. = Jekyll Hyde. (Cf. ↑Jekyll Hyde) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Jek|yll — «JEHK uhl, JEE kuhl», noun. Dr., a good, kind doctor in Robert Louis Stevenson s story The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll discovered a drug that would change him into a brutal character called Mr. Hyde …   Useful english dictionary

  • Jekyll and Hyde — Jek|yll and Hyde [ˌdʒekıl ənd ˈhaıd] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, a story (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson about a man with a good character and an evil character] someone who is sometimes nice but at… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Jekyll and Hyde — Jek′yll and Hyde′ [[t]ˈdʒɛk əl, ˈdʒi kəl[/t]] n. a person marked by dual personality, one aspect of which is good and the other bad • Etymology: after the protagonist of Robert Louis Stevenson s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) …   From formal English to slang

  • Jekyll and Hyde — Jek|yll and Hyde [ ,dʒekl ən haıd ] noun singular someone who seems to have two different personalities, one good and one bad …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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