Comment 6 for bug 19227

As Gabriele Monti, it's possible to use offline dictionnaries by installing the dictd package. But a real bug remains, if no internet connection is present and someone makes a word search with gnome-dictionnary, then the program just hangs (This is easily noticeable with Compiz, the window becomes gray).
The internet connectivity should be tested when the first launch is made with a timeout of 5 seconds for example. If no internet connection is possible, then show a message box warning the user about the issue (it's not very clear that Gnome Dictionnary should be used online in the first place)

Also, the offline method using dictd should be described in the documentation and in the manpage (there is a hint in the manpage in the "see also" section, but I couldn't explore in this direction because ... you know ... no internet connectivity)