diff --git a/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx b/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx
index d6502e985..b4f1fc824 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx
@@ -149,6 +149,17 @@ const Editor = createClass({
 							codeMirror.addLineClass(lineNumber, 'text', 'columnSplit');
 						}
 
+						// definition lists
+						if(line.includes('::')){
+							const regex = /^([^\n]*?)::([^\n]*)(?:\n|$)/ym;
+							let match;
+							while ((match = regex.exec(line)) != null){
+								codeMirror.markText({ line: lineNumber, ch: line.indexOf(match[0]) }, { line: lineNumber, ch: line.indexOf(match[0]) + match[0].length }, { className: 'define' });
+								codeMirror.markText({ line: lineNumber, ch: line.indexOf(match[1]) }, { line: lineNumber, ch: line.indexOf(match[1]) + match[1].length }, { className: 'term' });
+								codeMirror.markText({ line: lineNumber, ch: line.indexOf(match[2]) }, { line: lineNumber, ch: line.indexOf(match[2]) + match[2].length }, { className: 'definition' });
+							}
+						}
+
 						// Highlight injectors {style}
 						if(line.includes('{') && line.includes('}')){
 							const regex = /(?:^|[^{\n])({(?=((?::(?:"[\w,\-()#%. ]*"|[\w\-()#%.]*)|[^"':{}\s]*)*))\2})/gm;