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anecdote definition

an·ec·dote (an′ik dōt′, -ek-)

noun

  1. Obsolete little-known, entertaining facts of history or biography
  2. a short, entertaining account of some happening, usually personal or biographical

Etymology: Fr < ML anecdota < Gr anekdota, neut. pl. of anekdotos, unpublished < an-, not + ekdotos < ekdidonai < ek-, out + didonai, to give: see date

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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