Frankensteinian
English
editEtymology
editFrom Frankenstein + -ian.
Adjective
editFrankensteinian (comparative more Frankensteinian, superlative most Frankensteinian)
- Of or pertaining to Mary Shelley's fictional Frankenstein, who created a monster from human remains.
- 1999, Niall Griffith, Peter M. Todd, Musical networks: parallel distributed perception and performance, page 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 […] ?