Anecdote
11anecdote — n. 1) to relate, tell an anecdote 2) a funny, witty; off color anecdote * * * [ ænɪkdəʊt] off color anecdote tell an anecdote witty a funny to relate …
12anecdote — [[t]æ̱nɪkdoʊt[/t]] anecdotes 1) N VAR: oft N about n An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened. Pete was telling them an anecdote about their mother... He has a talent for recollection and anecdote. 2) N VAR Anecdotes …
13ANECDOTE — s. f. Particularité secrète d histoire, qui avait été omise ou supprimée par les historiens précédents. Anecdote curieuse, scandaleuse. Les anecdotes sont ordinairement satiriques. Il se dit en général Du récit, ordinairement court, de quelque… …
14anecdote — (a nè kdo t ) 1° S. f. Particularité historique. Il sait beaucoup d anecdotes. 2° Adj. Une histoire anecdote. • Il apprenait par eux les nouvelles les plus fraîches des mathématiciens, leurs réflexions sur ce qui paraissait au jour, l… …
15anecdote — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ amusing, entertaining, humorous, interesting ▪ telling ▪ The biographer provides a telling anecdote about the President s actions at this time. ▪ …
16anecdote — UK [ˈænɪkˌdəʊt] / US [ˈænəkˌdoʊt] noun [countable] Word forms anecdote : singular anecdote plural anecdotes a story that you tell people about something interesting or funny that has happened to you Joe kept us entertained with anecdotes about… …
17anecdote — [17] In Greek, anékdotos meant ‘unpublished’. It was formed from the negative prefix an and ékdotos, which in turn came from the verb didónai ‘give’ (a distant cousin of English donation and date) plus the prefix ek ‘out’ – hence ‘give out,… …
18anecdote — [17] In Greek, anékdotos meant ‘unpublished’. It was formed from the negative prefix an and ékdotos, which in turn came from the verb didónai ‘give’ (a distant cousin of English donation and date) plus the prefix ek ‘out’ – hence ‘give out,… …
19anecdote — n. a short account (or painting etc.) of an entertaining or interesting incident. Derivatives: anecdotal adj. anecdotalist n. anecdotic adj. anecdotist n. Etymology: F anecdote or mod.L f. Gk anekdota things unpublished (as AN (1), ekdotos f.… …
20Anecdote of Canna — is a poem from Wallace Stevens s first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923). [It was first published prior to 1923 and is therefore in the public domain according to [http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4077 Librivox.] ] In the poem s… …
