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   Jek·yll and Hyde

   /ˌjekəl (ə)n ˈhīd/

   

   noun

   • 1. used in reference to a person or thing that alternately displays two different sides to their character or nature: "former colleagues said he was a Jekyll and Hyde character"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from Robert Louis Stevenson's story The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (see Jekyll, Dr.).

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