Gnome-dictionary work offline

Gnome-dictionary work offline

Applications > Accessories > Terminal:

$ sudo apt-get install dictd dict-gcide

$ sudo apt-get install dict-moby-thesaurus

Configure the dictd server to connect to localhost and not dict.org.
Open the gnome-dictionary, go to
Edit -> Preferences,
add a new source and change the server to "127.0.0.1"

Use gnome-dictionary offline.
If it doesn't work then try restarting the application or the server itself.

$ sudo service dictd restart