4. pl.
Defn: Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight.
Shakespeare . . . needed not the spectacles of books to read nature.
Dryden.
Syn.
— Show; sight; exhibition; representation; pageant.
SPECTACLED
Spec"ta*cled, a.
1. Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles. As spectacled she sits in chimney nook. Keats.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the eyes surrounded by color markings, or patches of naked skin, resembling spectacles. Spectacled bear (Zoöl.), a South American bear (Tremarclos ornatus) which inhabits the high mountains of Chili and Peru. It has a light-colored ring around each eye. — Spectacled coot, or Spectacled duck (Zoöl.), the surf scoter, or surf duck. [Local, U.S.] — Spectacled eider (Zoöl.) See Eider. — Spectacled goose (Zoöl.), the gannet. — Spectacled snake (Zoöl.), the cobra de capello.
SPECTACULAR
Spec*tac"u*lar, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show. "Spectacular sports." G. Hickes.
2. Adapted to excite wonder and admiration by a display of pomp or of scenic effects; as, a spectacular celebration of some event; a spectacular play.