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anecdote Definition


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anecdote
noun
    1. A short entertaining account of an incident.
      Thesaurus: story, tale, fable, yarn, reminiscence, sketch, episode, incident.
Derivative: anecdotage
noun
    Derivative: anecdotist
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: from Greek anekdota unpublished things.



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