All 5 Uses of
spectacle
in
Catch-22
- The pimp spun the turban high on his finger like a trophy and kept himself skipping inches ahead of her finger tips as he led her in a tantalizing circle around the square congested with people who were howling with laughter and pointing to Yossarian with derision when Milo strode up with a grim look of haste and puckered his lips reprovingly at the unseemly spectacle of so much vice and frivolity.†
Chpt 22 (definition 1)
- Yossarian was making an uncouth spectacle of himself by walking around backward with his gun on his hip and refusing to fly more combat missions, Milo said.†
Chpt 39 (definition 1)
- Yossarian's heart pounded with fright and horror at the pitiful, ominous, gory spectacle of the broken corpse.†
Chpt 39 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- His eyes were amused behind his glinting rimless spectacles.†
Chpt 13 (definition 2) *
- Chaplain Shipman was seated in his tent, laboring over his paperwork in his reading spectacles, when his phone rang and news of the mid-air collision was given to him from the field.†
Chpt 36 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (spectacle) a notable or unusual event that attracts attention
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(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus) The term spectacles is also used to refer to eyeglasses.