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spectacle
English
Etymology
From Middle English spectacle, from French spectacle, from Latin spect?culum (“a show, spectacle”), from spect? (“to see, behold”), frequentative of speci? (“to see”). See species.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp?kt?kl?/
- Hyphenation: spec?ta?cle
Noun
spectacle (plural spectacles)
- An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
- (usually in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, worn to assist sight, or to protect the eyes from bright light.
- (figuratively) Something that helps understanding.
- Povert' a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friendes see.
- (obsolete) A spyglass; a looking-glass.
- The brille of a snake.
- (rail transport) 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
- (exciting event): show; pageant
- (optical instrument): glasses, eyeglasses, specs
Derived terms
- bespectacled
- counterspectacle
- make a public spectacle of oneself
- make a spectacle of oneself
- spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch
- superspectacle
Related terms
- species
- spectacular
- speculate
Translations
Further reading
- spectacle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Railway semaphore signal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Latin spectaculum, from spectare (“to look”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?k.takl/
- Hyphenation: spec?ta?cle
Noun
spectacle m (plural spectacles)
- a show, a spectacle, a performance, a concert
- a sight, a showing, a display
Derived terms
- se donner en spectacle
Descendants
- ? Czech: spektákl
- ? Polish: spektakl
Further reading
- “spectacle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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bullfight
English
Etymology
bull +? fight
Noun
bullfight (plural bullfights)
- A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
Related terms
- bullfighting
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