Frankenstein's monster
Meanings
Proper Noun
- Frankenstein's monster, the creature from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel
Noun
- A thing that is cobbled together from parts of other things.
- A creation that overpowers or slips out of the control of its creator, often proceeding to turn on its creator or harm others.
Related
Similar words
- Frankenstein
- frankenstein
- Frankenstein monster
- frankenstein monster
- Frankensteinian monster
- frankensteinian monster
Origin
- In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein assembled a monster from human corpses; it eventually escaped his control.
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