leximaven
Introduction
Leximaven is a powerful tool for searching word-related APIs from the command line. It can fetch acronyms, anagrams, bi-gram phrases, definitions, etymologies, example uses, hyphenation, offensive word flags, portmanteaus, pronunciations (Arpabet & IPA), related words, rhymes, slang, syllable stress and count, and more. See the wiki for more info.
Installation
Get a Wordnik API key and put it in an environment variable WORDNIK. Add it to .bashrc, .zshrc, Windows env, etc.
Then run:
npm install -g leximaven
leximaven config init
Usage
Leximaven has a built-in help system for CLI parameters and options. Access it with leximaven -h|--help [command] [subcommand]
. There is also the wiki.
Here are some examples:
// Get definitions for 'catharsis'
leximaven wordnik define catharsis
// Get antonyms for 'noise'
leximaven wordnik relate --canon --type antonym noises
// Pronounce 'quixotic'
leximaven wordnik pronounce quixotic
// Get etymology for 'special'
leximaven wordnik origin special
// Get words that sound like 'blue'
leximaven dmuse get sl=blue
// Get slang/colloquialisms for 'diesel'
leximaven urban diesel
// Get anagrams with at least 2 letters in each word and a maximum of 3 words
// per anagram using short form flags and exporting to JSON
leximaven anagram -n2 -w3 -o anagrams.json toomanysecrets
// Get a wordmap for 'ubiquity'
leximaven map ubiquity
See the tests for more.
Resources
The following links can help you use Leximaven or perform related tasks.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.
Gratitude
Many thanks to all contributors to the libraries used in this project! And thanks to the creators and maintainers of the APIs that this tool consumes. Acronym Server, Datamuse, Onelook, Rhymebrain, Urban Dictionary, Wordnik, and Wordsmith are awesome!
Prose
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