Jekkie
/ˈd͡ʒɛki/
Jekkie noun: a fan of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.
Noun
Jekkie (plural Jekkies)
- A fan of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.
- The show already has a built-in constituency of some 300 “Jekkies,” who trailed Wildhorn's other musical, Jekyll & Hyde, as it wound its way through the country before opening here last May.1997 September 8, Rebecca Mead, “Theater Preview”, in New York Magazine, page 72
- So says -- nay, exclaims -- Pat Tortorella, an assistant bank manager from Staten Island who counts herself among the Jekkies, a fervent subculture of people from all over the country who are so enthralled by the Broadway musical Jekyll and Hyde that they see it again and again.1997 December 14, “Jekyll Vibes”, in The New York Times
Forms of Jekkie
| plural | Jekkies |
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Origin of Jekkie
Jek(yll) + -ie, possibly by analogy with Trekkie.
Words that rhyme with Jekkie
Questions about Jekkie
- What does Jekkie mean?
- Jekkie means a fan of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.
- What part of speech is Jekkie?
- Jekkie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Jekkie?
- Jekkie is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛki/.
- What is the plural of Jekkie?
- The plural of Jekkie is Jekkies.
Words near Jekkie in the dictionary
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