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Anecdote - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Anecdote : (noun)
1: short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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 Unpublished narratives.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.
2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an
interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a
single passage of private life.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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