anecdote
NounUS[an-uhk-doht]/ˈænəkˌdoʊt/3 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
An′ec·dote (…), noun
Origin: F. anecdote, fr. Gr. … not published; ἀν priv. + … given out, … to give out, to publish; … out + … to give. See Dose, noun
1. pl. Unpublished narratives. Edmund Burke
2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54