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Dictionary Lookup
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-18
🔷 SkillSpec L3
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Look up word definitions, pronunciation, etymology and synonyms with zero API keys — the Free Dictionary API via curl, with honest handling of words it doesn't know. Use when asked define a word, how do you pronounce this, what's the origin of a word, or synonyms for something. Produces the definition set organized by part of speech, IPA pronunciation with audio link, and the rerunnable command — with the model's own knowledge clearly separated from the fetched source.
What to give it
▸The word — and the *sense* if context suggests one ("mean" the verb, the adjective, or the statistic?)
▸What they actually need — a quick meaning, pronunciation, etymology, or a citable check that a word exists — the output leads with it
▸Language note — this API is English-only; other languages get an honest redirect (Wiktionary manually) rather than a fake answer
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓The asked-for element (meaning/IPA/origin/existence) leads the answer
✓Definitions are grouped by part of speech, contextual sense first
✓Source content and model additions are visibly separated
✓404s report the miss and try the lemma before falling back
✓The rerunnable curl appears
⚠️ What it refuses to do
Do not present model recall as the fetched entry — the label line is the skill's integrity
Do not dump every sense undifferentiated when context picked one
Do not fake non-English lookups on an English-only API — redirect honestly
Do not treat a 404 as "not a word" — it's "not in this dictionary," a much smaller claim
Do not skip pronunciation when the question was spoken-word-shaped (names, presentations, ESL contexts)
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcpRelated skills
🔌 Embed this skill
Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:
<div data-pm-skill="dictionary-lookup"></div>
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