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| 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 LGk, Gk anékdota things unpublished (referring esp. to Procopius' unpublished memoirs of Justinian and Theodora), neut.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)]
] —Synonyms story, yarn, reminiscence.
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[French, from Greek anekdota, unpublished items : an-, not; see a-1 + ekdota, neuter pl.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
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 anekdota "things unpublished," neut.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 Anecdota, unpublished memoirs of Emperor Justinian full of court gossip, gave the word a sense of "revelation of secrets," which decayed in Eng.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.
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| anecdote | |
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| short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
anecdote [ˈӕnikdout] noun
a short amusing story, especially a true one
Example: He told us anecdotes about politicians that he knew.
Example: He told us anecdotes about politicians that he knew.
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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 Unpublished narratives.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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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