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spectacle noun [ ˈspɛktək(ə)l ]

• a visually striking performance or display.
• "the acrobatic feats make a good spectacle"
Similar: display, show, performance, presentation, exhibition, pageant, parade, extravaganza,
Origin: Middle English: via Old French from Latin spectaculum ‘public show’, from spectare, frequentative of specere ‘to look’.

make a spectacle of oneself

• draw attention to oneself by behaving in a ridiculous way in public.
"she was making a spectacle of herself with her childish outburst"



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