See Also: spectacle(medicine)
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spectacle eyes(medicine)
spectacle plane(medicine)

spectacle (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin spectaculum, from spectare; SPECTATOR]
a very impressive show or scene
::a multimedia dance and opera spectacle
[usually singular] an unusual or interesting thing or situation that you see or notice - used especially in order to show disapproval
::The trial was turned into a public spectacle .
spectacle of
::the spectacle of drunken young men on the streets

spectacles [plural] formal or old-fashioned glasses that help you see
make a spectacle of yourself
to behave in an embarrassing way that is likely to make other people notice you and laugh at you