ANECDOTE

[an.ec.dote] n, pl anecdotes also an.ec.dota [F, fr. Gk anekdota unpublished items, fr. neut. pl. of anekdotos unpublished, fr. a- + ekdidonai to publish, fr. ex out + didonai to give--more at ex-, date] (ca. 1721): a usu. short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident