Anecdote

  • 41anecdote — an•ec•dote [[t]ˈæn ɪkˌdoʊt[/t]] n. a short account of an incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical • Etymology: 1670–80; < NL anecdota or F anecdotes < LGk, Gk anékdota things unpublished …

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  • 42anecdote — /ˈænəkdoʊt / (say anuhkdoht) noun a short narrative of a particular incident or occurrence of an interesting nature. {Medieval Latin anecdota, from Greek anekdota things unpublished} …

  • 43anecdote —   Mo olelo pōkole.    ♦ To illustrate with anecdotes, ho opilipili ōlelo; pāka a (rare) …

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  • 44cdote — anecdote …

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  • 45anecdotal — anecdote ► NOUN 1) a short entertaining story about a real incident or person. 2) an account regarded as unreliable or as being hearsay. DERIVATIVES anecdotal adjective anecdotalist noun anecdotally adverb. ORIGIN from Greek anekdota things… …

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  • 46anecdotalist — anecdote ► NOUN 1) a short entertaining story about a real incident or person. 2) an account regarded as unreliable or as being hearsay. DERIVATIVES anecdotal adjective anecdotalist noun anecdotally adverb. ORIGIN from Greek anekdota things… …

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  • 47anecdotally — anecdote ► NOUN 1) a short entertaining story about a real incident or person. 2) an account regarded as unreliable or as being hearsay. DERIVATIVES anecdotal adjective anecdotalist noun anecdotally adverb. ORIGIN from Greek anekdota things… …

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  • 48Diogenes and Alexander — Alexander visits Diogenes in Corinth Diogenes asks him to stand out of his sun (engraving) The meeting of Diogenes of Sinope and Alexander the Great is one of the most well discussed anecdotes from philosophical histor …

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  • 49ANA — ANA, ANECDOTES.     Si on pouvait confronter Suétone avec les valets de chambre des douze Césars, pense t on qu ils seraient toujours d accord avec lui ? et en cas de dispute, quel est l homme qui ne parierait pas pour les valets de chambre… …

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  • 50Harmonium (poetry collection) — Harmonium is a book of poetry by U.S. poet Wallace Stevens. His first book, it was published in 1923 by Knopf in an edition of 1500 copies. He was in middle age at that time, forty four years old. The collection comprises 85 poems, ranging in… …

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