anecdote [
ánnik dōt ]
(plural anecdotes) noun
Definition:
somebody's account of something: a short personal account of an incident or event
[Early 18th century. Directly or via French< modern Latin
anecdota< Greek anekdota 'things unpublished' < an- 'not' + ekdidonai 'publish']
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