frankenstein

IPA: frˈæŋkʌnstaɪn

Root Word: Frankenstein

noun

  • Various small towns in Germany.
  • (historical) A former name of Ząbkowice Śląskie, a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
  • (countable) A surname from German.
  • Victor Frankenstein or (sometimes proscribed) his monster.
  • (sometimes proscribed) 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.
  • Synonym of mad scientist
  • (fitness) a stretch in which one walks forward with their arms extended while kicking their legs forward to touch their hands.
  • Alternative form of Frankenstein [Various small towns in Germany.]

verb

  • (transitive, colloquial) To combine two or more similar elements into a consistent entity, or a cohesive idea.
  • (fitness) to perform the frankenstein stretch.
  • Alternative spelling of Frankenstein [(transitive, colloquial) To combine two or more similar elements into a consistent entity, or a cohesive idea.]
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Examples of "frankenstein" in Sentences

  • Frankenstein in popular culture.
  • Because for the public, it's Frankenstein.
  • So far, there are no frankenstein laptops.
  • They might even have a Frankenstein in there.
  • Elizabeth Frankenstein is the woman's married name.
  • Frankenstein is imprisoned for the death of Justine.
  • Purports to be the actual diary of Victor Frankenstein.
  • Hours later, the crew finds Frankenstein, and in need of sustenance.
  • I think Dr. Frankenstein had something going with his ideas of electricity bringing life through galvanism.
  • I hatched a Frankenstein esque plan to vivify the inanimate quot;dragons quot; using the internal organs of fish my geneticist father dissected in his lab.

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