dick is a simple program to batch lookup words. It reads a text file and outputs a
Markdown file. Kudos goes to Free Dictionary API.
Refer to The Haskell Tool Stack to set up Stack.
stack install
Put the words or phrases in a text file FILE.txt, one per line, then run
dick words.txt
The output file is written to FILE-result.md.
$ cat words.txt
ad nauseam
frivolous
capricious
$ dick words.txt
$ cat words-result.md
## ad nauseam
_/ad ˈnɔːzɪam/_
*adverb*
- Used to refer to the fact that something has been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome.
[repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, on many occasions, many times over]
## frivolous
_/ˈfrɪvələs/_
*adjective*
- Not having any serious purpose or value.
[flippant, glib, waggish, joking, jokey, light-hearted, facetious, fatuous, inane, shallow, superficial, senseless, thoughtless, ill-considered, non-serious]
> rules to stop frivolous lawsuits
## capricious
_/kəˈprɪʃəs/_, _/kəˈpriʃəs/_
*adjective*
- Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.
[fickle, inconstant, changeable, variable, unstable, mercurial, volatile, erratic, vacillating, irregular, inconsistent, fitful, arbitrary]
> a capricious and often brutal administration
There are many ways to convert a Markdown file to PDF. One good way to do this on MacOS locally is:
pip install grip
grip your_markdown.md
grip will render the markdown on localhost at some port, so just Print the
page with Chrome and "Save as PDF".