Spectacular

English

Etymology

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

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

   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.

Derived terms

• spectacularly
• unspectacular

Related terms

• spectacle
• species
• speculate

Translations

amazing or worthy of special attention

Bengali: অলৌকিক (bn) French: spectaculaire (fr) German: spektakulär (de) Greek: θεαματικός (el) (theamatikos) Hungarian: látványos (hu) Korean: 눈부신 (ko) (nunbusin)

Manx: ard-hilleydagh (gv) Portuguese: espetacular (pt) Romanian: spectacular (ro) m. and n., de spectacol (ro) m., f., and n. Russian: эффектный (ru) (efféktnyj), импозантный (ru) (impozántnyj), яркий (ru) Spanish: espectacular (es)

related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment

Russian: зрелищный (ru)

External links

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

Noun

Spectacular (plural Spectaculars)

1. A spectacular display.
   • 2010, "Under the volcano", The Economist, 16 Oct 2010:

     Though business has more or less held up so far, a series of drug-related spectaculars sparked an exodus of the city's upper class this summer.