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English

Etymology

From #French|spectacle.

Noun

  1. Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock.
  2. A spy-glass; a looking-glass.
  3. An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.
  4. An aid to the intellectual sight.


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Derived terms


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French

Etymology

From spectaculum, from spectare "to look".

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-spectacle.ogg


Noun

  1. show
  2. #Noun|spectacle


et:spectacle el:spectacle fr:spectacle io:spectacle id:spectacle ku:spectacle hu:spectacle ru:spectacle fi:spectacle ta:spectacle te:spectacle vi:spectacle tr:spectacle zh:spectacle

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spectacle \Spec"ta*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. spectaculum, fr.
spectare to look at, to behold, v. intens. fr. specere. See
Spy.]
1. Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented
to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of
special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show;
a pageant; a gazingstock.
[1913 Webster]

O, piteous spectacle? O, bloody times! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. A spy-glass; a looking-glass. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Poverty a spectacle is, as thinketh me,
Through which he may his very friends see.
--Chaucer.
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3. pl. An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in
a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some
defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from
bright light.
[1913 Webster]

4. pl. Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight.
[1913 Webster]

Shakespeare . . . needed not the spectacles of books
to read nature. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Show; sight; exhibition; representation; pageant.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet spectacle
n 1: something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual
sight); "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to
escape"
2: an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
3: a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase
`make a spectacle of' yourself
Moby Dictionary
Grand Guignol , Passion play , Tom show , amazement , antimasque ,
astonishing thing , astonishment , audience success , ballet , blazon ,
bomb , bravura , brilliancy , broadcast drama , burlesque show ,
charade , cliff hanger , closet drama , comedy drama , cosmorama ,
critical success , curiosity , cyclorama , daring , dash ,
daytime serial , demonstration , dialogue , diorama , display ,
documentary drama , drama , dramalogue , dramatic play ,
dramatic series , dramatics , duodrama , duologue , eclat ,
epic theater , etalage , event , exception , exhibit , exhibition ,
exhibitionism , experimental theater , exposition , extravaganza ,
eyeglasses , failure , false front , fanfaronade , figure , flair ,
flaunt , flaunting , flop , flourish , fool , gasser , gazingstock ,
georama , giveaway , glasses , happening , histrionics , hit , hit show ,
improvisational drama , legitimate drama , light show , manifestation ,
marvel , marvelment , masque , melodrama , minstrel show , miracle ,
miracle play , monodrama , monologue , morality , morality play ,
music drama , musical revue , myriorama , mystery , mystery play ,
nonesuch , opera , pageant , pageantry , panel show , panorama ,
pantomime , parade , pastoral , pastoral drama , performance ,
phantasmagoria , phenomenon , piece , play , playlet , pomp ,
presentation , problem play , prodigy , psychedelic show , psychodrama ,
quite a thing , quiz show , radio drama , rarity , representation ,
review , revue , sensation , sensational play , serial , sham ,
shifting scene , show , showing-off , sight , sitcom , situation comedy ,
sketch , skit , soap , soap opera , sociodrama , something else , specs ,
spectacles , splash , splurge , stage play , stage show , staginess ,
straight drama , stunner , success , suspense drama , tableau ,
tableau vivant , talk show , teleplay , television drama ,
television play , theater of cruelty , theatrics , total theater ,
variety show , vaudeville , vaudeville show , vaunt , vehicle , wonder ,
wonderful thing , wonderment , word-of-mouth success , work


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