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Jekyll (jekəl; occas., and prob.Stevenson's intended pronun., kəl)

Jekyll, Dr. a kind, good doctor in R. L. Stevenson's story The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who discovers drugs that enable him to transform himself into a vicious, brutal creature named Mr. Hyde and back again
Jekyll2 definition

Jekyll (kəl; also jekəl)

Jekyll, Gertrude 1843-1932; Eng. landscape architect

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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