https://github.com/jessetipton/oxford

A dictionary and thesaurus CLI tool for macOS
https://github.com/jessetipton/oxford

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A dictionary and thesaurus CLI tool for macOS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jessetipton/oxford
• Owner: jessetipton
• License: mit
• Created: 2026-04-01T01:08:17.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-04-10T19:11:30.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-04-10T21:15:31.149Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: cli, dictionary, swift, thesaurus
• Language: Swift
• Homepage:
• Size: 16.6 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Agents: AGENTS.md

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# 📖 Oxford

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A command-line tool for looking up word definitions, synonyms, and antonyms using the New Oxford American Dictionary and Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus that come with macOS.

## Installation

The easiest way to install is with [Mint](https://github.com/yonaskolb/Mint):

```

mint install jessetipton/oxford

```

## Usage

```

oxford 

oxford  --thesaurus

```

### Example

```

$ oxford superlative

  superlative  | səˈpərlədiv |

  su·per·la·tive

  adjective

  1 of the highest quality or degree: a superlative piece of skill.

  2 Grammar (of an adjective or adverb) expressing the highest or a very high

    degree of a quality (e.g. bravest, most fiercely). Contrasted with positive,

    and comparative noun 1 Grammar a superlative adjective or adverb.

    · (the superlative) the highest degree of comparison.

  2 (usually superlatives) an exaggerated or hyperbolical expression of praise:

    the critics ran out of superlatives to describe him.

  3 something or someone embodying excellence: chili has become the superlative

    among spices.

  DERIVATIVES

  superlativeness | səˈpərlədivnəs | noun

  ORIGIN

  late Middle English: from Old French superlatif, -ive, from late Latin

  superlativus, from Latin superlatus 'carried beyond', past participle of

  superferre.

```

Multi-word lookups require quoting:

```

$ oxford "ice cream"

```