Frankensteinian

English Alternative forms en frankensteinian Etymology From en Frankenstein -ian. Adjective Of or pertaining to Mary Shelley's fictional Frankenstein, who created a monster from human remains. en 1999 Niall Griffith; Peter M. Todd Musical networks: parallel distributed perception and performance 313 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? en Clive Thompson Not Ready for Their Close-Up w:The New York Times Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/magazine/not-ready-for-their-closeup.html 2005-06-12 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20210209175221/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/magazine/not-ready-for-their-closeup.html en A. O. Scott Are the Movies Liberal? w:The New York Times 2022-06-02 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/movies/liberal-hollywood-dog.html 0362-4331 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220604070025/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/movies/liberal-hollywood-dog.html Derived terms en Frankensteinian doctor Frankensteinian monster Related terms en Frankensteinish en eponyms