An"ec*dote (#), n. [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. not published; priv. + given out, to give out, to publish; out + to give. See Dose, n.]
1. pl.
Unpublished narratives.
Burke.
2.
A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.
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