"mad scientist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mad scientists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mad scientist (plural mad scientists)
  1. A stock character in popular fiction; a bumbling scientist working on unlikely ways to save the world, or a villainous one bent on destroying it. Wikipedia link: mad scientist Categories (topical): People, Scientists, Stock characters Synonyms: mad professor, frankenstein, Frankenstein, Doctor Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein, Dr Frankenstein Translations (stock character in popular fiction): šílený vědec [masculine] (Czech), šílená vědkyně [feminine] (Czech), freneza sciencisto (Esperanto), hullu tiedemies (Finnish), savant fou [masculine] (French), savante folle [feminine] (French), científico tolo [masculine] (Galician), verrückter Wissenschaftler [masculine] (German), verrückte Wissenschaftlerin [feminine] (German), őrült tudós (Hungarian), マッドサイエンティスト (maddo saientisuto) (Japanese), szalony naukowiec [masculine] (Polish), científico loco [masculine] (Spanish), científica loca [feminine] (Spanish)

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