diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/wordbook/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/wordbook/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..757fed5265f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/wordbook/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python3
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkg-config
+, glib
+, gtk4
+, libadwaita
+, librsvg
+, espeak-ng
+, gobject-introspection
+, wrapGAppsHook4
+, appstream-glib
+, desktop-file-utils
+}:
+
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "wordbook";
+  version = "unstable-2022-11-02";
+  format = "other";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fushinari";
+    repo = "Wordbook";
+    rev = "2d79e9e9ef21ba4b54d0b46c764a1481a06f0f1b";
+    hash = "sha256-ktusZEQ7m8P0kiH09r3XC6q9bQCWVCn543IMLKmULDo=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    wrapGAppsHook4
+    appstream-glib
+    desktop-file-utils
+    gobject-introspection
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    gtk4
+    librsvg
+    libadwaita
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    pygobject3
+    wn
+  ];
+
+  # prevent double wrapping
+  dontWrapGApps = true;
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs+=(
+      --prefix PATH ":" "${lib.makeBinPath [ espeak-ng ]}"
+      "''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}"
+    )
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Offline English-English dictionary application built for GNOME";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fushinari/Wordbook";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ zendo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wn/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..21f0ec0d08c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wn/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
+, flit-core
+, requests
+, tomli
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "wn";
+  version = "0.9.2";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-TghCKPKLxRTpvojmZi8tPGmU/D2W+weZl64PArAwDCE=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ flit-core ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+    tomli
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "wn" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A modern, interlingual wordnet interface for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/goodmami/wn";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ zendo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aff908337054b..5c684801e1b2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -32344,6 +32344,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cl-wordle = callPackage ../games/cl-wordle { };
 
+  wordbook = callPackage ../applications/misc/wordbook { };
+
   wordnet = callPackage ../applications/misc/wordnet {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4336b1767bc78..54a6fbb618609 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11844,6 +11844,8 @@ in {
 
   wled = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wled { };
 
+  wn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wn { };
+
   woob = callPackage ../development/python-modules/woob { };
 
   woodblock = callPackage ../development/python-modules/woodblock { };