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an·ec·dote    Audio Help   (ān'ĭk-dōt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A short account of an interesting or humorous incident.
  2. pl. an·ec·dotes or an·ec·do·ta (-dō'tə) Secret or hitherto undivulged particulars of history or biography.


[French, from Greek anekdota, unpublished items : an-, not; see a-1 + ekdota, neuter pl.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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