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单词 spectatorial
释义

spectatorialadj.

/spɛktəˈtɔːrɪəl/
Etymology: < spectator n.
1. Pertaining or appropriate to, characteristic of, a spectator.In earlier examples with reference to spectator n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [adjective] > spectator
spectatorial1712
spectatorish1977
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 336. ⁋1 I hope your Spectatorial Authority will give a seasonable Check to the Spread of the Infection.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 430. ⁋1 All which is submitted to your Spectatorial Vigilance.
1744 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) I. v. 257 In fine, my spectatorial capacity will permit me to approve of no other entertainments which are paid for.
1889 Macmillan's Mag. May 40 He..stood in a spectatorial attitude, watching the world through wicked humorous eyes.
2. Forming part of a spectacle.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > [adjective]
spectaculous1632
spectatorial1783
spectacular1864
1783 G. Colman in tr. Horace Art Poetry p. xxv To introduce a groupe of spectatorial actors speaking in one part of the Drama, and singing in another.
3. Having the characteristics of one or other of the periodicals bearing the title of Spectator.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [adjective] > characteristic of specific periodical
spectatorial1817
Punchine1846
yellow book1895
New Yorker1934
1817 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 21 A magazine or periodical collection of essays upon all subjects, scientific, literary, spectatorial, or any other.
1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 230 A painter might describe the facial angle,..and whether the chin was in the just mean between rueful length and spectatorial brevity.
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Mar. 2/2 Disposing of it in one of those airy generalizations which Spectatorial omniscience is wont to throw off from time to time.

Derivatives

spectaˈtorially adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [adverb] > spectator
spectatorially1930
1930 A. Huxley Brief Candles 14 People think I'm an excellent psychologist. And I suppose I am. Spectatorially. But I'm a bad experiencer.
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Dec. 1536/5 Our Londoner applauds not a murder, but a representation; and he himself is spectatorially present at a representation, not at a murder.
1980 D. Newsome On Edge of Paradise vi. 211 Arthur was invited to a number of spectatorially promising occasions.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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