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frankenstein
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frankenstein
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun frankenstein has 3 senses
- frankenstein(n = noun.state) Array - an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator; Array is a kind of agency
- frankenstein(n = noun.person) frankenstein's monster - the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation); Array is a kind of character, fictional character, fictitious character
- frankenstein(n = noun.person) Array - the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses; Array is a kind of character, fictional character, fictitious character
OXFORD DICTIONARY
frankenstein, n. (in full Frankenstein's monster) a thing that becomes terrifying to its maker; a monster.
Etymology
Baron Frankenstein, a character in and the title of a novel (1818) by Mary Shelley
THESAURUS
frankenstein
Dracula, Wolf-man, bogey, bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear, fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom, revenant, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, specter, succubus, terror, vampire, werewolf
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