frankenstein
see also: Frankenstein
Verb

frankenstein (frankensteins, present participle frankensteining; past and past participle frankensteined)

  1. Alternative spelling of Frankenstein

Frankenstein
Proper noun
  1. The creator of Frankenstein's monster in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.
  2. Frankenstein's monster itself.
  3. (history) Ząbkowice Śląskie, A town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
Synonyms Verb

frankenstein (frankensteins, present participle frankensteining; past and past participle frankensteined)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) To combine two or more similar elements into a consistent entity, or a cohesive idea.
    • 2005, Neal Pollack, Chicago Noir ↗
      In the middle of the Formica-topped table, on the other side of Kimball's oatmeal but still at arm's length, was an approximation of a laptop Kimball had Frankensteined from computers so obsolete that cash-strapped schools wouldn't even accept them as donations.



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