spectacle
Meaning
- An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
- An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
- (attributive, form-of) Attributive form of spectacles.
- The brille of a snake.
- 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.
Synonyms
outward appearance
raree-show
magnificent view
dark spectacle
anything displayed
common dark spectacle
dark spectacle moth
theatrical behavior
theatrical behaviour
beemsh
spectacle moth
Translations
spectacle
spettacolo
espectáculo
Spektakel
espetáculo
kijkspel
spectaculum
θέαμαFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈspɛktəkl̩/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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