commented:
huh. what a really cool write-up. I’m convinced. now if only web1913
were packaged for nixos’s dictd setup…. wiktionary is, and seems to
have built on it, but I’d like to have both. maybe a nice weekend
project…

  commented:
Comment removed by author
  commented:
https://luxagraf.net/src/how-use-websters-1913-dictionary-linux-edition

  commented:
Continuing from there, the Stardict dictionary can also be converted
into the SLOB format used by the Aardict Android app, using
PyGlossary:
git clone https://github.com/ilius/pyglossary
cd pyglossary/
python3 main.py
~/.stardict/dic/stardict-dictd-web1913-2.4.2/dictd_www.dict.org_web1913.ifo
/tmp/dictd-web1913.1.slob

The created file works in Aardict, but it appears as “unstyled” text,
like an HTML “pre” block. So it is readable, but not pretty.
Does anyone have a version of this dictionary that contains text
styling or semantic markup?

  commented:
On my Linux box I have web1913, moby-thesaurus, wordnet and a
dictionary to another language loaded into dictd. I get all the
definitions on a single page and my eyes quickly find to the most
appropriate one for the situation.

  commented:
Debian has the package dict-gcide:
This package contains the GNU version of the Collaborative
International Dictionary of English, formatted for use by the
dictionary server in the dictd package.  The GCIDE contains the
full text of the 1913 Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, supplemented by
many definitions from WordNet, the Century Dictionary, 1906, and many
additional definitions contributed by volunteers.
..
The definitions in the core of this dictionary are at least 85 years
old, so they can not be expected to be politically correct by
contemporary standards, and no attempt has been, or will be, made to
make them so.
..
This package will be of limited use without the server found in the
dictd package, or another RFC 2229 compliant server.

  commented:
related: https://www.websters1913.com/

  commented:
Interesting perspective. For Swedish, most dictionaries are also quite
terse, with the exception of the historical dictionary of the Swedish
Academy, which defines pathos as (translated here by ChatGPT):

Strong (dominant, usually elevated) emotion or feeling; particularly
referring to such an emotion determined by the pursuit of a certain
goal or serving as the driving incentive for an activity (of a certain
kind), passion; also concerning such an emotion or passion as conveyed
or expressed in a work of art or literature, speech, etc.; sometimes:
elevated tone or exaltation; in philosophical and aesthetic contexts,
sometimes understood and modified in various ways.

Along with various historical examples. I find the definitions very
useful to tease apart the meanings of similar words, even though it is
primarily a historical dictionary. It is not as poetic as Webster, but
the editors try hard to pinpoint the words in their entirety.

  commented:
The great classic is Webster’s Second International from 1934.
Apparently it enters public domain in 2029?

  commented:
I’ve been using this dictionary on a kindle, kobo, and an iPhone0 for
the past few years and love it. It really is nicer and does the
language more justice.

  commented:
Does installing this iOS app make the dictionary available system-wide
with the “Look Up” context item? Or do you use it on iOS by opening
the app directly and searching in it?
.