frankensteinian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to Mary Shelley's fictional Frankenstein, who created a monster from human remains.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Frankensteinian
Example Sentences
- "But when, with Frankensteinian hubris, we dare to create an artificial system and imbue it with the spark of musical invention in our stead, how are we to assemble its constituent parts to ensure that its behavior will be on the whole pleasing and majestic[…]?"
- "And interestingly, many cosmeticians predict that high-def could actually reduce the amount of plastic surgery in Hollywood, because the tiny seams look Frankensteinian at such high resolution."
- "Moviegoing is no longer what it used to be, and the machinery that fed it is at present a Frankensteinian hybrid of tech, media, private equity and precarious labor."
Etymology
From Frankenstein + -ian.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Frankensteinian (comparative)
most Frankensteinian (superlative)