n.
Pronunciation: ' fra ŋ -k ə n- ˌ st ī n also - ˌ st ē n
Function: noun
Date: 1818
1 a : the title character in Mary W. Shelley's novel Frankenstein who creates a monster by which he is eventually killed b : a monster in the shape of a man especially in popularized versions of the Frankenstein story
2 : a monstrous creation especially : a work or agency that ruins its originator
– Fran · ken · stein · ian \ ˌ fra ŋ -k ə n- ' st ī -n ē - ə n, - ' sti- \ adjective