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minispectacle

minispectacle noun: a minor, small-scale spectacle (impressive event).

Noun

minispectacle (plural minispectacles)

  1. A minor, small-scale spectacle (impressive event).
    • But by bombarding users with distorted and deracinated images, the Internet instead just forces us to confront increasingly bizarre minispectacles, often right when were most vulnerable — alone, anxious, looking for answers.2007 December 16, Virginia Heffernan, “Haunted Mouses”, in New York Times

Forms of minispectacle

pluralminispectacles

Origin of minispectacle

From mini- + spectacle.

Questions about minispectacle

What does minispectacle mean?
Minispectacle means a minor, small-scale spectacle (impressive event).
What part of speech is minispectacle?
Minispectacle is a noun.
What is the plural of minispectacle?
The plural of minispectacle is minispectacles.

Words near minispectacle in the dictionary

  1. minisodes
  2. minisolo
  3. minisolos
  4. minisonde
  5. minisondes
  6. minispectacle
  7. minispectacles
  8. minispectrometer
  9. minispectrometers
  10. minisphere
  11. minispheres

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