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an⋅ec⋅dote
[an-ik-doht] 
–noun
| a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical. |
Origin:
1670–80; < NL anecdota or F anecdotes < LGk, Gk anékdota things unpublished (referring esp. to Procopius' unpublished memoirs of Justinian and Theodora), neut. pl. of anékdotos, equiv. to an- an- 1 + ékdotos given out, verbal adj. of ekdidónai to give out, publish (ek- ec- + didónai to give)
1670–80; < NL anecdota or F anecdotes < LGk, Gk anékdota things unpublished (referring esp. to Procopius' unpublished memoirs of Justinian and Theodora), neut. pl. of anékdotos, equiv. to an- an- 1 + ékdotos given out, verbal adj. of ekdidónai to give out, publish (ek- ec- + didónai to give)
Synonyms:
story, yarn, reminiscence.
story, yarn, reminiscence.
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| an·ec·dote (ān'ĭk-dōt') n.
[French, from Greek anekdota, unpublished items : an-, not; see a-1 + ekdota, neuter pl. of ekdotos, published (from ekdidonai, ekdo-, to publish : ek-, out; see ecto- + didonai, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots).] |
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Anecdote
An"ec*dote\, n. [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. ? not published; 'an priv. + ? given out, ? to give out, to publish; ? out + ? to give. See Dose, n.]1. pl. Unpublished narratives. --Burke. 2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.
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Language Translation for : anecdote
Spanish:
anécdota,
German:
die Anekdote,
Japanese:
逸話
anecdote
1676, "secret or private stories," from Gk. anekdota "things unpublished," neut. pl. of anekdotos, from an- "not" + ekdotos "published," from ek- "out" + didonai "to give" (see date (1)). Procopius' 6c. Anecdota, unpublished memoirs of Emperor Justinian full of court gossip, gave the word a sense of "revelation of secrets," which decayed in Eng. to "brief, amusing stories" (1761). Anecdotage "garrulous old age" is a jocular formation of De Quincey's from 1823.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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