ADJECTIVES
1682 • SPECTACULAR of the nature of a spectacle or show; striking or imposing as a display
1783 • SPECTATORIAL forming part of a spectacle
1904 • WHOOP-DE-DOO that makes a striking spectacle or creates a big impression; flashy, showy
NOUNS
1000 • SHOWING a sight, a spectacle → obs.
1440 • SPECULATION a spectacle or sight; a spectacular entertainment or show → obs.
1450 • STERACLE a spectacle, show → obs.
1460 • INSPECTION a sight, spectacle → obs.
1503 • TRIUMPH a spectacle or pageant; esp, a tournament → obs.
1525 • BIZEN • BYSEN a sorry spectacle, a shocking sight, a disgraceful thing → obs. Eng. dial.
1535 • SPECTABLE a spectacle → obs.
1548 • GAZING something to gaze at; a spectacle → obs.
1573 • PROSPECT a spectacle, sight, or scene
1588 • OBJECT a sight, a spectacle
1598 • OSTENTATION a spectacular display or exhibition; a spectacle → obs.
1639 • SPECIES a thing seen; a spectacle; esp. an unreal or imaginary object of sight; an illusion → obs.
1676 • EXHIBIT a spectacle, sight → obs.
1684 • RAREE-SHOW a spectacle or show of any kind, esp. one regarded as lurid, vulgar, or populist
1746 • GAPE-NEST • GAPE’S NEST a spectacle; a gaping-stock; a strange sight; an occasion for gaping → Eng. dial.
1753 • STARE something stared at; a spectacle → obs.
1763 • SPECTRE a horrid spectacle or sight → obs.
1786 • EXHIBITION a display, sight, spectacle
1802 • OUTSPECKLE a spectacle or laughing-stock → Sc. obs.
1805 • PAGEANT a brilliant or stately spectacle arranged for effect; esp. a procession or parade with elaborate spectacular display
1862 • SIGHT a shocking, repulsive, or ridiculous spectacle → colloq.
1882 • MONIMENT a spectacle, a ridiculous object; a ridiculous person; a fool → Sc.
1897 • GAPE-SHOW a spectacle; a gaping-stock; a strange sight; an occasion for gaping → Eng. dial.
1898 • MIRACLE a ridiculous spectacle; an object of amazement; a mockery → Sc.
.......... • THREE-RING CIRCUS a showy or extravagant spectacle; a scene of confusion or disorder
1900 • GAPE-SNATCH a spectacle; a gaping-stock; a strange sight; an occasion for gaping → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1935 • FREAK SHOW an unedifying spectacle; a ludicrous, grotesque, or dehumanizing event, situation, etc.
2002 • DEKKO a spectacle → India
2008 • DUMPSTER FIRE an embarrassing spectacle; a chaotic or disastrously mishandled situation
VERBS
1535 • MAKE A SHOW OF to make a public spectacle of a person; to expose to ridicule or contempt
1643 • THEATERIZE • THEATRIZE to make a spectacle or show of a person → obs.
1768 • PANTOMIME to make an absurd spectacle or display of oneself; to go around behaving as though in a pantomime
1682 • SPECTACULAR of the nature of a spectacle or show; striking or imposing as a display
1783 • SPECTATORIAL forming part of a spectacle
1904 • WHOOP-DE-DOO that makes a striking spectacle or creates a big impression; flashy, showy
NOUNS
1000 • SHOWING a sight, a spectacle → obs.
1440 • SPECULATION a spectacle or sight; a spectacular entertainment or show → obs.
1450 • STERACLE a spectacle, show → obs.
1460 • INSPECTION a sight, spectacle → obs.
1503 • TRIUMPH a spectacle or pageant; esp, a tournament → obs.
1525 • BIZEN • BYSEN a sorry spectacle, a shocking sight, a disgraceful thing → obs. Eng. dial.
1535 • SPECTABLE a spectacle → obs.
1548 • GAZING something to gaze at; a spectacle → obs.
1573 • PROSPECT a spectacle, sight, or scene
1588 • OBJECT a sight, a spectacle
1598 • OSTENTATION a spectacular display or exhibition; a spectacle → obs.
1639 • SPECIES a thing seen; a spectacle; esp. an unreal or imaginary object of sight; an illusion → obs.
1676 • EXHIBIT a spectacle, sight → obs.
1684 • RAREE-SHOW a spectacle or show of any kind, esp. one regarded as lurid, vulgar, or populist
1746 • GAPE-NEST • GAPE’S NEST a spectacle; a gaping-stock; a strange sight; an occasion for gaping → Eng. dial.
1753 • STARE something stared at; a spectacle → obs.
1763 • SPECTRE a horrid spectacle or sight → obs.
1786 • EXHIBITION a display, sight, spectacle
1802 • OUTSPECKLE a spectacle or laughing-stock → Sc. obs.
1805 • PAGEANT a brilliant or stately spectacle arranged for effect; esp. a procession or parade with elaborate spectacular display
1862 • SIGHT a shocking, repulsive, or ridiculous spectacle → colloq.
1882 • MONIMENT a spectacle, a ridiculous object; a ridiculous person; a fool → Sc.
1897 • GAPE-SHOW a spectacle; a gaping-stock; a strange sight; an occasion for gaping → Eng. dial.
1898 • MIRACLE a ridiculous spectacle; an object of amazement; a mockery → Sc.
.......... • THREE-RING CIRCUS a showy or extravagant spectacle; a scene of confusion or disorder
1900 • GAPE-SNATCH a spectacle; a gaping-stock; a strange sight; an occasion for gaping → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1935 • FREAK SHOW an unedifying spectacle; a ludicrous, grotesque, or dehumanizing event, situation, etc.
2002 • DEKKO a spectacle → India
2008 • DUMPSTER FIRE an embarrassing spectacle; a chaotic or disastrously mishandled situation
VERBS
1535 • MAKE A SHOW OF to make a public spectacle of a person; to expose to ridicule or contempt
1643 • THEATERIZE • THEATRIZE to make a spectacle or show of a person → obs.
1768 • PANTOMIME to make an absurd spectacle or display of oneself; to go around behaving as though in a pantomime