Dictionary Glance

Name: Dictionary Glance
Author: kralharlaus

By: kralharlaus

Instantly look up English word definitions in-page or via a toolbar popup.

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Dictionary Lookup

Dictionary Lookup is a Firefox add-on for quickly looking up English definitions from a selected word, the toolbar popup, or a keyboard shortcut. It uses a compact popover inspired by macOS Dictionary while staying within Firefox extension APIs.

Firefox does not expose the same system Dictionary integration that Safari has on macOS, so this add-on fetches definitions from public web APIs instead. Features

Look up selected text from the right-click context menu. Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Y to look up the current selection. Search directly from the toolbar popup. View definitions in a polished in-page popover. Save words and review recent lookup history. Search History and Saved words from the options/library page. Shows whether a result came from Dictionary or Wikipedia fallback. No analytics or tracking.

Data Sources

Primary definitions: Free Dictionary API Fallback summaries: Wikipedia REST API

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

kralharlaus

Daily users:

Version:

5.0 Last updated: 2026-04-30

Version code:

6241754

Creation date:

2025-05-17

Risk:

Permissions:

contextMenus
storage
https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/*
https://en.wikipedia.org/*

Content scripts matches:

Size:

28.74KB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-23

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 100,262 ▲ 1,117

Other rankings

#40 in popover keyword 7 ▼ 1#195 in definition keyword 31 ▲ 1#219 in dictionary keyword 46 ▼ 2

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Developed by:

kralharlaus

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dictionary-glance/

Permission Change History

2025-06-17: Version 4.1 → 4.2

Add Permissions: https://en.wikipedia.org/*

Is Dictionary Glance Safe?

Risk impact

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Dictionary Glance requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Dictionary Glance is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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