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anecdote

an·ec·dote [ ánnək dt ] (plural an·ec·dotes)


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 Greek anekdota "things unpublished" 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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