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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 LGk, Gk anékdota things unpublished (referring esp. to Procopius' unpublished memoirs of Justinian and Theodora), neut.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 LGk, Gk anékdota things unpublished (referring esp. to Procopius' unpublished memoirs of Justinian and Theodora), neut.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[French, from Greek anekdota, unpublished items : an-, not; see a-1 + ekdota, neuter pl.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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