English Language Dictionary API [closed]

Question

Is there a public API which would let me lookup definitions for words? I've been searching for this for a bit but it's getting mixed up with the dictionary datastructure. I'm planning on using it in a C# app.

Spiritualty

Google is your friend. Use define: word. – Mccullough

@Mccullough I was looking for a public api. don't want to parse html whose format is not fixed. – Spiritualty

Answer 1

If you are language agnostic, you could try

Ruby WordNet

http://deveiate.org/projects/Ruby-WordNet/

and check out the WordNet project in general,

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/

for .NET...

http://opensource.ebswift.com/WordNet.Net/

Zamir

Sorry, I should have mentioned I'm working on a c# application. – Spiritualty

Doesn't look like a public web API. I have a database-based solution currently but i'm trying to move away from it as it's need to be constantly updated. – Spiritualty