https://github.com/chances/dictionarybot
An IRC bot that defines words.
https://github.com/chances/dictionarybot
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An IRC bot that defines words.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/chances/dictionarybot
- Owner: chances
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-02-24T02:58:22.000Z (over 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2014-02-24T04:51:15.000Z (over 12 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-09T22:24:24.330Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: Ruby
- Homepage:
- Size: 141 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
DictionaryBot
=============
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))