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.
The easiest way to install is with Mint:
mint install jessetipton/oxford
oxford <word>
oxford <word> --thesaurus
$ 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"