Same here since an update this morning. Tried with the command line and does the same i.e. you can enter a word but clicking return/enter does nothing
gnome-dictionary-applet 2.20.0.1 Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-19-386 #1 Wed Aug 20 21:59:50 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux -- gnome-dictionary-applet must strip surrounding spaces from input https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs