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An IRC bot that defines words.
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An IRC bot that defines words.

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DictionaryBot
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An IRC bot that provides definitions for words in the English language.

##Usage

`!dictionary help`
Provides usage help.

###Define a Word

`!dictionary define [results=3]`
Define a word giving a specified number of results. The number of
results is limited to at most eight.

`define: `
Define a word giving the first three results.

DictionaryBot will, to the best of its ability, try to define a given
word even if it is mispelled.

###Word of The Day

`!wordoftheday [date=today]`, or
`!wotd`
Gives a word of the day of at a specific date. A given date must be of the
format yyyy-MM-dd or the words 'yesterday', 'today', or 'tomorrow'.

##Requirements

* Ruby >= 1.9.0
* Cinch IRC libaray @ [github.com](https://github.com/cinchrb/cinch)
* Wordnik Ruby API @ [github.com](http://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-ruby))