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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
Various small towns in Germany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Former name of Ząbkowice Śląskie: a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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name
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
Victor Frankenstein, a fictional character and the main protagonist and title character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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Synonyms: Franky//Frankie, Doctor Frankenstein//Dr Frankenstein
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name
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed, sometimes
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Synonyms: Frankenstein's monster//Frankenstein monster//frankenstein monster, Frankensteinian monster//frankensteinian monster, franky//frankie, monster
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noun
Synonym of mad scientist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Dr Frankenstein//Dr. Frankenstein//Doctor Frankenstein, frankenstein doctor//Frankenstein doctor, frankensteinian doctor//Frankensteinian doctor, mad scientist
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noun
A stretch in which one walks forward with their arms extended while kicking their legs forward to touch their hands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Frankenstein.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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verb
To combine two or more similar elements into a consistent entity, or a cohesive idea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, transitive
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verb
To perform the frankenstein stretch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Alternative letter-case form of Frankenstein.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fictional character, fictitious character, character
noun
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Frankenstein's monster
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Broader terms: fictional character, fictitious character, character
noun
an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: agency
History
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.
