anecdote

2 definitions found

anecdote - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anecdote \An"ec*dote\, n. [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. ? not published;
     'an priv. + ? given out, ? to give out, to publish; ? out + ?
     to give. See Dose, n.]
     1. pl. Unpublished narratives. --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an
        interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a
        single passage of private life.
        [1913 Webster] Anecdotic

anecdote - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anecdote
      n 1: short account of an incident (especially a biographical
           one)