A Thesaurus for the Terminal
Nigant comes the Sanskrit word निघण्टु (Nighaṇṭu), meaning a glossary or a partial lexicon.
Since the current version of the application is a beta release, we do not distribute it via the usual channels. You will have to build it before use. Refer section on Building for build instructions.
$ ./target/release/nigant <word>
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$ ./target/release/nigant pastiche
pastiche
Definitions:
- an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period
- imitate the style of (an artist or work)
Synonyms: imitation, parody, take-off, parody, take off, burlesque, pastiche, make fun of
Etymology: - late 19th century: from French, from Italian pasticcio, based on late Latin pasta‘paste’ ```
Nigant relies on the Oxford Developer API. Generate your APP_ID & APP_KEY, and place it in an .env file at the root of the Nigant directory.
Nigant is written in Rust, so you'll need to grab a Rust installation in order to compile it. In general, Nigant tracks the latest stable release of the Rust compiler.
To build Nigant:
$ git clone https://github.com/twinair/nigant
$ cd nigant
$ cargo build --release
$ ./target/release/nigant --version
nigant 0.1.0