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spectacular

adj
/spɛkˈtæk.jʊ.lə/UK/spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/US

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. Amazing or worthy of special notice.

    • The parachutists were spectacular.

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

    • the merely spectacular
    • 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.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A spectacular display.

      • 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.

    2. A pop-up (folded paper element) in material sent by postal mail.

      • Here are a few examples of "spectaculars," or three-dimensional pieces, including those which have won awards […]

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Derived

Howell's spectacular thelypody, nonspectacular, sextacular, shitacular, speckie, spectabulous, spectacularism, spectacularity, spectacularize, spectacularly, spectacular mark, spectacularness, spooktacular, superspectacular, unspectacular

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at spectacular. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01spectacular02worthy03admirable04heroic05colossal

A definitional loop anchored at spectacular. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at spectacular

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA