FRANKENSTEIN
\fɹˈaŋkənstˌa͡ɪn], \fɹˈaŋkənstˌaɪn], \f_ɹ_ˈa_ŋ_k_ə_n_s_t_ˌaɪ_n]\
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the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses
By Princeton University
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the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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frangk'en-st[=i]n, n. any creation which brings anxiety or disaster to its author--from the Frankenstein in Mrs Shelley's romance so named, who by his skill forms an animate creature like a man, only to his own torment.
By Thomas Davidson
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