spectacular

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 External links 1.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin spectaculum (“‘a sight, show’”) + -ar

[edit] Adjective

spectacular (comparative more spectacular, superlative most spectacular)

1. Amazing or worthy of special notice

   The parachutists were spectacular.

2. (dated) Related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment

   the merely spectacular

   • 1910 August 21, Andre Tridon, “Europe Flirts with Argentina to Win Her Rich Trade”, The New York Times:

     Those apparently insignificant events which really make history are seldom featured in the press; the merely spectacular too frequently crowds the essential out of the public sheets.

[edit] Derived terms

• spectacularly
• unspectacular

[edit] Related terms

• spectacle
• species
• speculate

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• spectacular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• spectacular in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Noun

spectacular (plural spectaculars)

1. A lavish entertainment

   Tune in next week for our holiday spectacular.