spectacle

Meaning

1. An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
2. An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
3. glasses (instrument used to assist vision)
4. The brille of a snake.
5. A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.

Concepts

spectacle

sight

show

scene

view

performance

play

vision

display

scenery

eyeglasses

magnificent view

march

parade

procession

exhibition

glass

prospect

raree-show

anything displayed

attraction

picture

prospects

entertainment

stunt

dance

apparition

prevision

fair

dramatics

theatrical behavior

theatrical behaviour

visit

beemsh

spree

uproar

extravaganza

outward appearance

wonderment

wonders

seen

spectacle moth

common dark spectacle

dark spectacle

dark spectacle moth

Hyphenated as

spec‧ta‧cle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspɛktəkl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English spectacle, from Middle French spectacle, from Latin spectāculum (“a show, spectacle”), from spectō (“to see, behold”), frequentative of speciō (“to see”). See species. Doublet of spectaculum.