0.15.0 — Initial public release
First public release of Made Up Words — a dictionary for the words
you've made up, inside Obsidian.
Designed for worldbuilders, GMs, and conlangers. Stores invented
vocabulary as markdown notes, looks them up everywhere in your vault,
and shows all matching senses across multiple languages without trying
to fake translation it can't actually do.
Highlights
- Dictionary as a folder of markdown notes (definition, POS, IPA,
etymology, more) - Multiple invented languages active at once, with language tags on every
hover and lookup result - Side panel: live selection translation, free-form lookup with gloss
and transliterate modes, searchable dictionary browser - Hover tooltips (hold Shift by default) for every word in your vault
- "Look up word" command for explicit multi-sense lookup
- Cypher engine for inventing words/names in your language's sound style
- Affix-based inflection rules (six presets ship)
- First-class proper nouns with categories, multi-word phrases, and
transparent compounds - Unicode-aware: accented characters, non-Latin scripts, hyphenated
compounds all work
Pre-1.0
This release exists to widen the feedback funnel. Expect rough edges and
the occasional breaking change before 1.0. Bug reports and feature
feedback are very welcome — please open an issue.
Install
- Download
main.js,manifest.json, andstyles.cssbelow. - Put them in
YourVault/.obsidian/plugins/made-up-words/. - Settings → Community plugins → refresh → enable Made Up Words.
Full setup walkthrough in README.md.
What this plugin won't do
Honest list of intentional non-features: no auto-translation of full
sentences, no honorifics/register/evidentiality (these need context the
dictionary can't carry), no infix/ablaut morphology, no sound-change
cascades, no script rendering. The plugin tries to be honest about what
the dictionary actually knows.
Stats: 109 automated tests passing across cypher, inflection,
phrases, gloss, previews, and Unicode handling.