Frankenstein

See also: frankenstein

English

Proper noun

Frankenstein

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A novel by Mary Shelley about a science student who creates a grotesque but sentient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
2. The creator of Frankenstein's monster in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.
3. Frankenstein's monster itself.

Synonyms

• (the monster): Frankenstein's monster

Derived terms

• Frankenfish
• frankenfood
• Frankenstein complex
• Frankenstein complexes
• Frankensteinian
• Frankensteining
• Frankensteinish
• Frankenstein's monster
• frankenword

 

Verb

Frankenstein (third-person singular simple present Frankensteins, present participle Frankensteining, simple past and past participle Frankensteined)

1. (transitive, colloquial) To combine two or more similar elements into a consistent entity, or a cohesive idea.
   • 2005, Neal Pollack, Chicago Noir

     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.

Alternative forms

• frankenstein