Frankenstein Definition

frăngkən-stīn
noun
An agency or creation that slips from the control of and ultimately destroys its creator.
American Heritage
Any person destroyed by his or her own creation.
Webster's New World
Anything that becomes dangerous to its creator.
Webster's New World

The title character in a novel (1818) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: he is a young medical student who creates a monster that destroys him.

Webster's New World
Frankenstein's monster.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Frankenstein's monster
pronoun

A novel by Mary Shelley.

Wiktionary
The creator of Frankenstein's monster in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.
Wiktionary

Origin of Frankenstein

  • From Frankenstein the creator of the artificial monster in Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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