Anecdote
['ænɪkdəʊt] or ['ænɪkdot]
Definition
(noun.) short account of an incident (especially a biographical one).
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Definition
(n.) Unpublished narratives.
(n.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Story (of private life), biographical incident.
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Definition
n. an incident of private life: a short story.—n. An′ecdotage anecdotes collectively: garrulous old age.—adjs. An′ecdotal Anecdot′ical in the form of an anecdote.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of relating an anecdote, signifies that you will greatly prefer gay companionship to that of intellect, and that your affairs will prove as unstable as yourself. For a young woman to hear anecdotes related, denotes that she will be one of a merry party of pleasure-seekers.
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Examples
- Lady Catherine was generally speaking--stating the mistakes of the three others, or relating some anecdote of herself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- In this connection a short anecdote may be quoted from Edison as indicative of one of the influences turning his thoughts in this direction. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It would afford us the highest gratification to be enabled to record Mr. Pickwick's opinion of the foregoing anecdote. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It has never been more than a family anecdote. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Right here I might relate an anecdote of Mr. Lincoln. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lots of anecdote,' said the green-coated stranger of the day before, advancing to Mr. Winkle and speaking in a low and confidential tone. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Another anecdote characteristic of these times has been told. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This anecdote I had from uncle Benjamin. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I have heard in the old army an anecdote very characteristic of Bragg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I beg your Honors to read the testimony of Mr. Clarke in the light of the anecdote of the pickerel and the roach. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At this anecdote his Lordship laughed very heartily, as did the listeners, of course. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The other three cordially subscribed to this opinion, and the anecdote afforded the most unlimited satisfaction. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Let nobody laugh at the unique anecdote here related. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Well, my dear, it's a pretty anecdote. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His was the wittiest word, the pleasantest anecdote, the frankest laugh. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In the midst of the jollity produced by good cigars, good wine, and passable anecdotes, the landlord presented his bill. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He had a thousand anecdotes about the famous battles; he knew the position of every regiment and the loss which each had incurred. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Little Mr. Perker came out wonderfully, told various comic stories, and sang a serious song which was almost as funny as the anecdotes. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I could not have hoped to entertain you with Irish anecdotes during a ten miles' drive. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It is possible to employ it as a kind of reservoir of anecdotes to be drawn on to inculcate special moral lessons on this virtue or that vice. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Is any man insane enough to imagine that this picnic of patriarchs sang, made love, danced, laughed, told anecdotes, dealt in ungodly levity? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They gossiped together over the corpse, related anecdotes, with embellishments of her lingering decline, and its real or supposed cause. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was storing his memory with anecdotes and noble names. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The new visitor was very talkative, and the number of his anecdotes was only to be exceeded by the extent of his politeness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- DEAR SON,--I have ever had a pleasure in obtaining any little anecdotes of my ancestors. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This, sir,' replied Silas, adjusting his spectacles, and referring to the title-page, 'is Merryweather's Lives and Anecdotes of Misers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It seems that he had heard some curious anecdotes about Sergeant Cuff, from his father's lawyer, during his stay in London. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Rawdon, with roars of laughter, related a dozen amusing anecdotes of his duns, and Rebecca's adroit treatment of them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Pray, madam, shall I tell you some little anecdotes about my Lady Bareacres, your mamma? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I heard him, too, in the warm evenings, lecturing with open doors, and his name, with anecdotes of him, resounded in ones ears from all sides. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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