anecdotic

[ an-ik-dot-ik or an-ik-dot-i-kuh l ]

/ ˌæn ɪkˈdɒt ɪk or ˌæn ɪkˈdɒt ɪ kəl /

fond of telling anecdotes.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1780–90; anecdote + -ic

an·ec·dot·i·cal·ly, adverb

The success of the plays also brought about an incident famous in French literary history of the anecdotic kind.
A Short History of French Literature|George Saintsbury
Mount Dalton and its doings were an anecdotic mine, of which they had never explored a single "shaft."
The Daltons, Volume II (of II)|Charles James Lever
That taste for story-telling—that anecdotic habit—is quite vulgar; nobody does it now.
The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II)|Charles James Lever
Two elements in these books are sharply contrasted, the political and the anecdotic.
The Age of Dryden|Richard Garnett

It was soon perceived, through comparisons easily made, that these scenes were not anecdotic.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot