anecdote

Definitions


[ˈanɪkdəʊt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
(e.g: he told anecdotes about his job)


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Origin:
mid 17th century: from French, or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota ‘things unpublished’, from an- ‘not’ + ekdotos, from ekdidōnai ‘publish’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries