Both Uses of
spectacle
in
The Great Gatsby
- They look out of no face, but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose.
p. 23.9 *spectacles = eyeglasses
- A stout, middle-aged man, with enormous owl-eyed spectacles, was sitting somewhat drunk on the edge of a great table, staring with unsteady concentration at the shelves of books.
p. 45.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(spectacle as in: made a spectacle of herself) a notable or unusual event that attracts attention
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(2)
(spectacle as in: wore spectacles) an optical lens (generally in pairs as eyeglasses)