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Frankenstein¹
- /ˈfɹæŋ.kən.staɪn/
- /ˈfɹæŋ.kən.ʃtaɪn/
- /-kɪn-/
Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun Frankensteins
- Various small towns in Germany.
- Former name of Ząbkowice Śląskie: a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. In the same year, a kiln of the same size was built in Frankenstein in the Silesian region, but the purpose of this kiln was to treat low-grade nickel ore, and it had a capacity for treating 80,000 tons a year.
- A surname from German.
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Victor Frankenstein, a fictional character and the main protagonist and title character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Similar: Franky//Frankie, Doctor Frankenstein//Dr Frankenstein
- The unnamed monster created by Victor Frankenstein: a fictional character who first appeared in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus as the main antagonist. Now, another fella told me he had a sister who looked just fine Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance To a cat named Frankenstein.
noun Frankensteins · frankenstein
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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.
"Such loveliness as I possess can only truly shine In Hollywood!" Aunt Sponge declared. "Oh, wouldn't that be fine! I'd capture all the nations' hearts! They'd give me all the leading parts! The stars would all resign!" "I think you'd make," Aunt Spiker said, "a lovely Frankenstein."
Similar: Frankenstein's monster//Frankenstein monster//frankenstein monster, Frankensteinian monster//frankensteinian monster, franky//frankie, monster
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Synonym of mad scientist.
Similar: Dr Frankenstein//Dr. Frankenstein//Doctor Frankenstein, frankenstein doctor//Frankenstein doctor, frankensteinian doctor//Frankensteinian doctor, mad scientist
verb Frankensteins · Frankensteining · Frankensteined · frankenstein
- To combine two or more similar elements into a consistent entity, or a cohesive idea. In the middle of the Formica-topped table, on the other side of Kimball's oatmeal but still at arm's length, was an approximation of a laptop Kimball had Frankensteined from computers so obsolete that cash-strapped schools wouldn't even accept them as donations.
frankenstein²
noun frankensteins
- A stretch in which one walks forward with their arms extended while kicking their legs forward to touch their hands.
- Alternative letter-case form of Frankenstein
verb frankensteins · frankensteining · frankensteined
- To perform the frankenstein stretch.
- Alternative letter-case form of Frankenstein
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: casanova, doctor, henry, schwanheim, gutenberg, frankia, frankfurt, brandenburg, wittenberg, würzburg, sterbfritz, neustadt, forchheim, strasburg, offenburg, scharnhorst
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