Neat: dictionary in Terminal.

npm install --global word-lookup

Then, in Terminal (e.g.)

define radical

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What are the main advantages over the good old 'dict' tool? Just wondering in case I should work on retraining my finger memory

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The biggest difference is `word-lookup` uses definitions from Wiktionary, and it being a node package might make it easier to install on Windows. Self-hosting the freeDictionaryAPI server it uses is probably possible with some work.

`dictd`, the server for `dict`, is trivial to self-host, and it has more dictionaries, like GCIDE, WordNet, FOLDOC, and the Jargon File (I didn't see Wiktionary as an option, though).
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