Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frankenstein's monster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: franken-stein's -mon-ster
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thing that is cobbled together from parts of other things.

noun

A creation that overpowers or slips out of the control of its creator, often proceeding to turn on its creator or harm others.

name

The creature from Mary Shelley's novel.

Example Sentences

"Like the English language, the eukaryote cell is a chimera, a Frankenstein's monster, assembled from bits and pieces of genetic information..."
"He is like a Frankenstein's monster in reverse: everything that is pretty is combined together to produce a perfect androgyne."
"They created a Frankenstein's monster which they did not imagine could grow out of their control."
"Somehow, the law does not always seem to serve those who created it, becoming at times a Frankenstein's monster of sorts."

Etymology

In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein (1818), Dr. Frankenstein assembled a monster from human corpses; it eventually escaped his control.

Inflected Forms

Frankenstein's monsters (plural) Frankenstein monster (alternative)

Synonyms

Frankenstein Frankensteinian monster

Questions

What does frankenstein's monster mean?: A thing that is cobbled together from parts of other things.
Where does frankenstein's monster come from?: In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein (1818), Dr. Frankenstein assembled a monster from human corpses; it eventually escaped his control.

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