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JEKYLL AND HYDE

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Overview

JEKYLL AND HYDE (noun)
  The noun JEKYLL AND HYDE has 1 sense:

1. someone with two personalities - one good and one evilplay

  Familiarity information: JEKYLL AND HYDE used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


JEKYLL AND HYDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone with two personalities - one good and one evil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Jekyll and Hyde" is a kind of...):

anomaly; unusual person (a person who is unusual)


 Context examples 


“So the greater honeyguide is a master of deception and exploitation as well as cooperation – a proper Jekyll and Hyde of the bird world.”

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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