1. Unpublished narratives.

2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.

Origin: F. Anecdote, fr. Gr. Not published; priv. + given out, to give out, to publish; out + to give. See Dose.

(01 Mar 1998)

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