HOW TO PRONOUNCE
jekyll
/ˈdʒɛ.kəl/
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What does jekyll mean?
proper noun
- A surname.
- A male given name, transferred from the surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdʒɛ.kəl/
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“I burned it,” replied Jekyll, “before I thought what I was about. But it bore no postmark. The note was handed in.”
The parabolic element, with the whimsical humour and turn for paradoxical inversion, comes out fully in such a work as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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The wildebeeste is the Jekyll and Hyde of the animal kingdom.
He is the veriest "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" of birds.
At the same time, with that strange contradiction inherent in human nature, the Jekyll and Hyde elements which, in varying degree, are present in all men and women, the Widow Gras had a genuine love for her young sister.