Re:Show HN: A Minimal Dictionary Website
by I_complete_me on Sunday June 02, 2024 @03:06PM
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Well done. Nice idea.
I came up with three random words: intrepid, impetigo, orwellian. I got definitions for the first two but not for the third. Where is the boundary? I can see that you can't have _every_ English word.
Re:Show HN: A Minimal Dictionary Website
by oliverpk on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @03:01AM
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Hi! from what I can tell, the data for the API I used was mostly taken from wiktionary. However since "orwellian" has an entry Wiktionary, i think the API must be somewhat out of date.
I came up with three random words: intrepid, impetigo, orwellian. I got definitions for the first two but not for the third. Where is the boundary? I can see that you can't have _every_ English word.