SPECTACLES

spectacles, specs, eyeglasses, glasses

(noun) (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

spectacles pl (plural only)

plural of spectacle

(plural only, formal) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

(cricket) synonym of pair

Synonyms

• eyeglasses (US), glasses, pair of eyeglasses (US), pair of glasses, pair of specs (colloquial), pair of spectacles, specs (colloquial)

Source: Wiktionary

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SPECTACLE

Spec"ta*cle, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. spectaculum, fr. spectare to look at, to behold, v. intens. fr. specere. See Spy.]

1. Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock. O, piteous spectacle O, bloody times! Shak.

2. A spy-glass; a looking-glass. [Obs.] Poverty a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friends see. Chaucer.

3. pl.

Definition: An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.

4. pl.

Definition: Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight. Shakespeare . . . needed not the spectacles of books to read nature. Dryden.

Syn.

– Show; sight; exhibition; representation; pageant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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