1FANTASDIC(8) System Manager's Manual FANTASDIC(8)
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6 fantasdic — Dictionary application (client for the DICT protocol)
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9 fantasdic [options] [dictionary] [word]
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13 Fantasdic is a dictionary application primarily targetting the GNOME
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15 Fantasdic is Free Software.
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17 More precisely, Fantasdic is a DICT client. DICT is to dictionaries
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20 Fantasdic as a "dictionary browser".
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23 See fantasdic --help for command-line options.
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