Word of the Day:
spectacle
What It Means
An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
Drama and excitement in a display, product, performance, exhibition, etc.
An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
I enjoyed her presentation, but it needs more spectacle.
Spectacle in Context
“But scarcely was it set upon the table when the whole was carried off and plundered by the people who came to see the spectacle of the entertainment”
Did You Know?
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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