Frankenstein's monster

English Alternative forms en Frankenstein monster frankenstein monster Etymology In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein (1818), Dr. Frankenstein assembled a monster from human corpses; it eventually escaped his control. Noun en figurative A thing that is cobbled together from parts of other things. en Frankenstein frankenstein Frankensteinian monster frankensteinian monster en 1991 Euan George Nisbet Living Earth: A Short History of Life and Its Home 84 Like the English language, the eukaryote cell is a chimera, a Frankenstein's monster, assembled from bits and pieces of genetic information... en 1995 Roger Horrocks; Jo Campling Male Myths and Icons: Masculinity in Popular Culture 141 He is like a Frankenstein's monster in reverse: everything that is pretty is combined together to produce a perfect androgyne. en figurative A creation that overpowers or slips out of the control of its creator, often proceeding to turn on its creator or harm others. en 1968 w:Harold Joseph Laski Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time 109 They created a Frankenstein's monster which they did not imagine could grow out of their control. en 1977 Norman R. Augustine Augustine's Laws 68 Somehow, the law does not always seem to serve those who created it, becoming at times a Frankenstein's monster of sorts. Translations French: fr monstre de Frankenstein m Georgian: ka ფრანკენშტაინის ურჩხული German: de Frankensteins Monster n Japanese: ja フランケンシュタインの怪物 Furenkenshutain no kaibutsu Kazakh: kk Франкенштейн құбыжығы Polish: pl stwór Frankensteina m, pl Frankenstein m Russian: ru Чудовище Франкенштейна Proper noun The creature from Mary Shelley's novel. Further reading en eponyms