Frankenstein
A monster composed of body parts from various corpses attached and brought back to…A monster composed of body parts from various corpses attached and brought back to life by a mad scientist, typically strong, unable to speak clearly, and misunderstood.
» Frankenstein is a work of art.
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2 senses(proscribed, sometimes)A monster composed of body parts from various corpses attached and brought back to life by a mad scientist, typically strong, unable to speak clearly, and misunderstood.
Synonym of mad scientist.
- the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation)
- an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
- the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses
Examples
9 sentencesFrankenstein is a work of art.
I created Frankenstein by my own hands.
ruЯ своими руками создал Франкенштейна. — odexed
The similarities between Tom and Frankenstein are impossible to ignore.
Actually, Frankenstein is the name of the doctor. The monster's name is Tom.
deFrankenstein ist eigentlich der Name des Arztes. Das Monster heißt Tom. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley.
de„Frankenstein“ wurde von Maria Shelley geschrieben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From German Frankenstein, various places named for Franken (“Franks, Frankish”) + Stein (“From German Frankenstein, various places named for Franken (“Franks, Frankish”) + Stein (“stone”). The use of referencing mad scientists derives from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, where Victor Frankenstein assembles a man from pieces of various corpses and brings him to life with electricity. Use of the reference to the monster itself is an ellipsis of the earlier Frankenstein's monster, with the monster's usual modern appearance derived from Boris Karloff's performance in the 1931 film Frankenstein.
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Forms
plural: FrankensteinsSynonyms
9 synonyms- the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation):Frankenstein-ap-s monster
- the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses:Victor Frankenstein