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anecdote

[ an-ik-doht ]

noun

plural anecdotes anecdota
  1. a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
  2. a short, obscure historical or biographical account.


anecdote

/ 藞忙苍瑟办藢诲蓹蕣迟 /

noun

  1. a short usually amusing account of an incident, esp a personal or biographical one
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢补苍别肠藞诲辞迟颈肠, adjective
  • 藢补苍别肠藞诲辞迟补濒颈蝉迟, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of anecdote1

First recorded in 1670鈥80; from New Latin anecdota or French anecdotes, from Late Greek, Greek 补苍茅办诲辞迟补 鈥渢hings unpublished鈥 (referring particularly to Procopius's unpublished memoirs of Justinian and Theodora), neuter plural of 补苍茅办诲辞迟辞蝉, equivalent to an- an- 1 + 茅办诲辞迟辞蝉 鈥済iven out,鈥 adjective derivative of 别办诲颈诲贸苍补颈 鈥渢o give out, publish鈥 ( ek- ec- + 诲颈诲贸苍补颈 鈥渢o give鈥)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of anecdote1

C17: from Medieval Latin anecdota unpublished items, from Greek anekdotos unpublished, from an- + ekdotos published, from ekdidonai, from ek- out + didonai to give
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"I used to like telling anecdotes and he also liked that sort of thing. The last thing he ever said to me, two weeks ago, was, 'don't lose your sense of humour'."

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There are dozens of anecdotes about humbling first jobs and dealing with rejection.

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The narrative of his father begins with an anecdote about a disastrous outing to see a film.

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Perhaps his anecdotes about doing improv at Second City are a brilliant diversion, but probably not.

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He doesn鈥檛 shy away from recounting breakups, makeups and legal and personal battles between the friends and bandmates, but there is a patina of sadness over these anecdotes, rather than bitterness or blame-laying.

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