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OED Query
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About
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Bash script for querying various info from Oxford English Dictionary (https://www.oed.com/)
Configuration
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The provided oedquery.conf.example contains all config options, all of which are required. Your config file must be named oedquery.conf and live in the same directory as the script.
Usage
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This script designed to be used in IRC with a specific bot, and only works from a shell using bash read.
Shell:
./oedquery.sh
[flag] [word] (upon bash read)
Or with the bot it was designed for:
!oed [flag] [word]
-d define (default) - return first definition of each lexical category with an example sentence.
-et etymology - return etymology, if available, for given word.
-a audio - return first audio file for given word.
-t thesaurus - return synonyms for given word.
-wod word of the day - return definition for Lexico's word of the day.
Note: you must provide your own App ID and App Key for access to the OED API. These can be got for free from their website.
Sources
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Oxford English Dictionary API (https://developer.oxforddictionaries.com/)
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