mad scientist
A stock character in fiction who embodies such an archetypeA bumbling or eccentric scientist working on questionable projects, or a villainous scientist bent on destruction; sometimes, a complex character in whom these archetypes seem to vie for supremacy.: A stock character in fiction who embodies such an archetype.
» Tom is a mad scientist.
Tom ist ein verrückter Wissenschaftler.
Том - сумасшедший учёный.
Meaning
3 sensesA bumbling or eccentric scientist working on questionable projects, or a villainous scientist bent on destruction; sometimes, a complex character in whom these archetypes seem to vie for supremacy.
A stock character in fiction who embodies such an archetype.
The Nutty Professor franchise explores the light comedic potential of a mad scientist.
Dr Strangelove explores the darker comedic potential of a mad scientist.
verrückter Wissenschaftler, verrückte Wissenschaftlerin
A real-life scientist who is asserted to embody such an archetype.
The mad scientists at Acme Labs have done it again! [said either approvingly or disparagingly]
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a scientist who is insane, power-mad, or similarly deranged.
In the 1890s, some of the locals viewed the chemical plant as a folly run by mad scientists and venal aristocrats.
Examples
2 sentencesTom is a mad scientist.
ruТом - сумасшедший учёный. — marafon
deTom ist ein verrückter Wissenschaftler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Lukas is a mad scientist.
Translations
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Forms
plural: mad scientists| Singular | mad scientist |
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