Jek|yll

Jek|yll
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.

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  • 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 [ ,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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