Command line access to Dictionary in Mac OS X. Need to have pyobjc installed in environment.

dict.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
import re
from DictionaryServices import DCSCopyTextDefinition


PURPLE = '\033[95m'
BLUE = '\033[94m'
GREEN = '\033[92m'
YELLOW = '\033[93m'
RED = '\033[91m'
ENDC = '\033[0m'
BOLD = '\033[1m'
UNDERLINE = '\033[4m'


def main():
    try:
        searchword = sys.argv[1]
    except IndexError:
        print('You did not enter any terms to look up in the Dictionary.')
        sys.exit()
    wordrange = (0, len(searchword))
    result = DCSCopyTextDefinition(None, searchword, wordrange)
    if not result:
        print('{} not found in Dictionary.'.format(searchword))
    else:
        # result = re.sub(r'\|(.+?)\|', PURPLE + r'/\1/' + ENDC, result)
        result = re.sub(r'(?<!\d)(\d)(?!\d)\s', '\n ' + BOLD + r'\1: ' + ENDC, result)
        result = re.sub(r'▶', '\n\n ' + RED + '▶ ' + ENDC, result)
        result = re.sub(r'• ', '\n   ' + GREEN + '• ' + ENDC, result)
        # result = re.sub(r'(‘|“)(.+?)(’|”)', YELLOW + r'“\2”' + ENDC, result)
        result = re.sub(r'PHRASES', '\n\n' + YELLOW + 'PHRASES' + ENDC, result)
        result = re.sub(r'DERIVATIVES', '\n\n' + YELLOW + 'DERIVATIVES' + ENDC, result)
        result = re.sub(r'ORIGIN', '\n\n' + YELLOW + 'ORIGIN' + ENDC, result)
        print(result)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()