/an"ik doht'/ , n.
a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical.
[ 1670-80; anecdota or F anecdotes anékdota things unpublished (referring esp. to Procopius' unpublished memoirs of Justinian and Theodora), neut. pl. of ANÉKDOTOS, equiv. to an- AN- 1 + ékdotos given out, verbal adj. of ekdidónai to give out, publish ( ek- EC- + didónai to give) ]
Syn . story, yarn, reminiscence.