sorcerer's apprentice

noun

sorcerer's apprentice

noun

Etymology Calque of French apprenti-sorcier, itself a calque of German Zauberlehrling.

1

Derogatory Person who experiments carelessly, without paying attention to the possible consequences of their experiments and without the ability to contain them should they spiral out of control.

Related terms
mad scientist, play God

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