Frankenstein
1818 NOVEL BY MARY SHELLEY
The Modern Prometheus; Frankenstein (book); Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus; Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus; Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus; Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheu; Frankenstein (novel); Frankenstien; Henry Clerval; Frankestein; Frankinsteine; Modern Prometheus; Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus; Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones; Frankensteinian; Justine Moritz; Frank N. Stein
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(also Frankenstein's monster)
¦ noun a thing that becomes terrifying or destructive to its maker.
Origin
from the title of a novel (1818) by Mary Shelley, whose eponymous main character creates a manlike monster which eventually destroys him.