anecdote
[ an-ik-doht ]
/ ˈæn ɪkˌdoʊt /
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noun, plural an·ec·dotes or for 2, an·ec·do·ta [an-ik-doh-tuh] /ˌæn ɪkˈdoʊ tə/.
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
a short, obscure historical or biographical account.
Nearby words
ane, anear, anecdata, anecdotage, anecdotal, anecdote, anecdotic, anecdotist, anecdysis, anechoic, anectasis
Origin of anecdote
1670–80; < New Latin anecdota or French anecdotes < Late Greek, Greek anékdota things unpublished (referring especially to Procopius' unpublished memoirs of Justinian and Theodora), neuter plural of anékdotos, equivalent to an- an-1 + ékdotos given out, verbal adjective of ekdidónai to give out, publish (ek- ec- + didónai to give)
SYNONYMS FOR anecdote
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Examples from the Web for anecdota
A volume of Anecdota Brentiana was edited by Pressel in 1868.
Bekker's Anecdota include mention, also, 135 of the wooden seats of this temporary theatre.
At a rather later date I gave a chapter of additional matter of the same description in my Anecdota Literaria.
A History of Caricature and Grotesque|Thomas Wright
British Dictionary definitions for anecdota
anecdote
/ (ˈænɪkˌdəʊt) /
noun
a short usually amusing account of an incident, esp a personal or biographical one
Derived Forms
anecdotic, adjectiveanecdotalist or anecdotist, nounWord Origin for anecdote
C17: from Medieval Latin anecdota unpublished items, from Greek anekdotos unpublished, from an- + ekdotos published, from ekdidonai, from ek- out + didonai to give
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