English

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

   • G. Hickes

     Spectacular sports.

   • 1910, August 21, “Andre Tridon”, in Europe Flirts with Argentina to Win Her Rich Trade:

     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.

3. Relating to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.

Derived terms

• spectacularly
• unspectacular

Related terms

• spectacle
• species
• speculate

Translations

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.