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• anecdote — (n.) 1670s, secret or private stories, from Fr. anecdote (17c.) or directly from Gk. anekdota things unpublished, neuter plural of anekdotos, from an not (see AN (Cf. an )) + ekdotos published, from ek out + didonai to give …   Etymology dictionary

• anecdote — [n] interesting or amusing story chestnut*, episode, fairy tale*, fish story*, gag*, incident, long and short of it*, narration, narrative, old chestnut*, recital, relation, reminiscence, short story, sketch, tale, tall story*, tall tale*, yarn;… …   New thesaurus

• Anecdote — For other uses, see Anecdota. : For a comparison of anecdote with other kinds of stories, see Myth, legend, fairy tale, and fable. An anecdote is a short tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident. It may be as brief as the… …   Wikipedia

• amusing — a|mus|ing [əˈmju:zıŋ] adj funny and entertaining ▪ I don t find his jokes at all amusing . ▪ a highly amusing (=very amusing) film an amusing story/anecdote/incident etc ▪ The book is full of amusing stories about his childhood. mildly/vaguely… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• amusing — adj. VERBS ▪ be, sound ▪ find sth, think sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• anecdote — [[t]æ̱nɪkdoʊt[/t]] anecdotes 1) N VAR: oft N about n An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened. Pete was telling them an anecdote about their mother... He has a talent for recollection and anecdote. 2) N VAR Anecdotes …   English dictionary

• anecdote — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ amusing, entertaining, humorous, interesting ▪ telling ▪ The biographer provides a telling anecdote about the President s actions at this time. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• anecdote — [17] In Greek, anékdotos meant ‘unpublished’. It was formed from the negative prefix an and ékdotos, which in turn came from the verb didónai ‘give’ (a distant cousin of English donation and date) plus the prefix ek ‘out’ – hence ‘give out,… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• anecdote — [17] In Greek, anékdotos meant ‘unpublished’. It was formed from the negative prefix an and ékdotos, which in turn came from the verb didónai ‘give’ (a distant cousin of English donation and date) plus the prefix ek ‘out’ – hence ‘give out,… …   Word origins

• anecdote — noun (plural anecdotes; also anecdota) Etymology: French, from Greek anekdota unpublished items, from neuter plural of anekdotos unpublished, from a + ekdidonai to publish, from ex out + didonai to give more at ex , date Date: 1686 a usually… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• anecdote — /an ik doht /, n. a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical. [1670 80; < NL anecdota or F anecdotes < LGk, Gk anékdota things unpublished (referring esp. to Procopius unpublished… …   Universalium