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Jekyll|ˈdʒɛkɪl, ˈdʒɛk(ə)l|
The name of the hero of R. L. Stevenson's story, ‘Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ (published 1886), who appears as a benevolent and respectable character under the name of Jekyll and the opposite under the name of Hyde: used allusively in reference to opposite sides of a person's character or to persons or things of a dual character, alternately good and evil. Also attrib. (Cf. Hyde.)
1885F. Stevenson Let. in J. Pope-Hennessy R. L. Stevenson (1974) ix. 179 While one side represents an angel, the devil must have posed for another... Plainly Jekyll and Hyde. 1887Puck (U.S.) XXII. 188 Is that you, Livingston?.. No, m' dearsh, it'sh Doct' Hyde. Mist' Jekyll didn't..g-g' out t'night! 1902Daily Chron. 22 May 3/4 While the left lobe is the Jekyll of the intellect. the right, on occasion at least, is apt to play the part of Hyde. 1905Strand Mag. Apr. 455/2 Meeting a young and winsome feminine counterpart of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in real life is a very plesant, if novel, experience. 1915‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand xiv. 187 When he is good he is very good indeed, and when he is bad he is horrid. He is either Jekyll or Hyde. Ibid., But we encountered surprisingly few Hydes. Nearly all were Jekylls—Jekylls of the most competent and courteous type. 1929W. J. Locke Ancestor Jorico xviii. 253 Suppose it pleased him to lead a Jekyll and Hyde sort of life? 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 2 July 522/1 Turner was a case of Jekyll and Hyde in real life and oscillated continuously between the Victorian respectability of Bloomsbury..and the Rabelaisian society of the London Docks. 1945A. J. P. Taylor Course German Hist. 146 A Jekyll and Hyde policy, the bureaucrat Jekylls confident until too late that they could always shake off the Pan-German Hyde at their convenience. 1971L. P. Davies Shadow Before xi. 128 We are all a mixture of good and evil, Jekyll and Hyde, if you like. |