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anecdotic

[an-ik-dot-ik]

adjective

anecdotal.

fond of telling anecdotes.

Also, an·ec·dot·i·cal.

Origin:
1780–90; anecdote + -ic

Related forms

an·ec·dot·i·cal·ly, adverb

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anecdote (ˈænɪkˌdəʊt)

—n
	a short usually amusing account of an incident, esp a personal or biographical one

[C17: from Medieval Latin anecdota unpublished items, from Greek anekdotos unpublished, from an- + ekdotos published, from ekdidonai, from ek- out + didonai to give]

anec'dotic

—*adj*

anec'dotalist

—n

'anecdotist

—n

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