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by thisacctforreal 3017 days ago
Obviously local dictionary support, I'd prefer to retain the privacy of the words I use and look up.
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Rican7 3017 days ago
I'd personally love that too.

Unfortunately, though, its a bit complex to even try to use the local dictionary: https://github.com/Rican7/define/issues/1

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petee 3017 days ago
which dictionary datasource do you suggest? The OED costs money, and i'm not sure i've heard anything either way about the quality of 'free' versions, though there is the 1913 Websters...
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anilgulecha 3017 days ago
Wordnet is free, and used by many offline dict apps.
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tylerhou 3017 days ago
I think he's referencing the macOS dictionary.
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