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Jekyll and Hyde
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Jekyll and Hyde

 
pronunciation:
je kl nd haId
part of speech: noun
definition 1: in the nineteenth-century novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, the protagonist, who changes from the benevolent Dr. Jekyll into the evil Mr. Hyde.
definition 2: anyone who exhibits wild, unpredictable changes in mood or behavior.