Definition of "spectacular"
adjective
comparative more spectacular, superlative most spectacular
(dated) Related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment.
Quotations
The like clamour, and outcry, the Rabble of the unbelieving Jews and Gentiles made againſt Polycarp Biſhop of Smyrna, at the time of his Martyrdom. crying out againſt him to the Governour, that he ſhould caſt him to the Lyons, and when he anſwered them he could not, becauſe the Spectacular ſports were concluded, then they cry’d out, Burn him, burn him, juſt as the Jews cryed out againſt Chriſt to Pilate, Crucify him, crucify him.
1681, George Hickes, A Sermon Preached before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of London