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countable and uncountable, plural Frankensteins
Various small towns in Germany. examples
(historical) A former name of Ząbkowice Śląskie, a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. quotations
In the same year, a kiln of the same size was built in Frankenstein in the Silesian region, but the purpose of this kiln was to treat low-grade nickel ore, and it had a capacity for treating 80,000 tons a year.
1998, Akira Kudō, chapter 5, in J.A.A. Stockwin, editor, Japanese-German Business Relations: Co-operation and Rivalry in the Interwar Period, London: Routledge, published 2001, page 90
(countable) A surname from German. examples
(sometimes proscribed) his monster. examples
plural Frankensteins
(sometimes proscribed) A monster composed of body parts from various corpses attached and brought back to life by a mad scientist, typically strong, unable to speak clearly, and misunderstood. quotations examples
"Such loveliness as I possess can only truly shine In Hollywood!" Aunt Sponge declared. "Oh, wouldn't that be fine! I'd capture all the nations' hearts! They'd give me all the leading parts! The stars would all resign!" "I think you'd make," Aunt Spiker said, "a lovely Frankenstein."
1961, Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach
Synonym of mad scientist examples
third-person singular simple present Frankensteins, present participle Frankensteining, simple past and past participle Frankensteined
(transitive, colloquial) To combine two or more similar elements into a consistent entity, or a cohesive idea. quotations examples
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.
2005, Neal Pollack, Chicago Noir