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anecdote
[ an-ik-doht ]
noun
- a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- a short, obscure historical or biographical account.
anecdote
/ ˈænɪkˌdəʊt /
noun
- a short usually amusing account of an incident, esp a personal or biographical one
Derived Forms
- ˌanecˈdotic, adjective
- ˌanecˈdotalist, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of anecdote1
Word History and Origins
Origin of anecdote1
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Example Sentences
Each photograph is combined with stories or anecdotes about that specific animal and informative facts about their species.
Rife with stunning photography and beautiful illustrations, Eicher delivers wonderfully written anecdotes, fun facts, and longer stories about discovery and innovation when it comes to galactic exploration.
Armed with a seemingly endless supply of outrageous anecdotes, memorable analogies, puns and quips, he makes the thorny theoretical details of the quantum internet both entertaining and accessible.
The idea that female world leaders were outperforming male ones was based on several high-profile anecdotes.
I recommend the audiobook because the inflection matters and hammers home some of the anecdotes shared.
In doing so, the vice president delighted the audience with a personal anecdote from his childhood as Joey Biden.
The anecdote is a perfect parable for the power and ignorance of artistic patrons.
Before we get off the phone, Kent stumbles and stammers until finding her footing in a heartwarming anecdote.
In the same interview, he told an anecdote about what it means to be a good salesman.
One visitor, an elderly woman named Mrs. Lacey, relays an anecdote about her American son-in-law.
We were speaking of the faculty of mimicry, and he told me such a funny little anecdote about Chopin.
Never anticipate the point or joke of any anecdote told in your presence.
Somers related an anecdote, well worthy to be remembered, which had been preserved by tradition in the noble house of De Vere.
One traditional anecdote, and the brief history of Peter Ilich as an official is complete.
Compare this Norman with the hero of the following little anecdote which the Scotch tell.
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