anecdote

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈæ.nɪk.doʊt/

Noun

anecdote (plural anecdotes)

1. A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
2. An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
3. A previously untold secret account of an incident.

Translations

• French: anecdote
• German: Anekdote
• Italian: aneddoto
• Portuguese: anedota
• Russian: анекдо́т
• Spanish: anécdota, chascarrillo

Translations

• German: Anekdote

Verb

anecdote (anecdotes, present participle anecdoting; past and past participle anecdoted)

1. (ambitransitive) To tell anecdotes (about).
   • 1879, Eustace Clare Grenville Murray, That Artful Vicar

     They were all men of the same set, knowing one another intimately, and knowing the same people; so they fell to talking and anecdoting in such pleasant wise that dinner-time approached […]

   • 1986, Elliot L. Gilbert, Best Short Stories from the California Quarterly, 1971-1985 (page 101)

     Bob anecdoted the circus he and Jimmy had seen that afternoon.

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