Etymology

Jekyll and Hyde

Today it means: Someone or something that has two sides: one good (the "Dr Jekyll") and one bad (the "Mr Hyde"). Full definition →

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

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