Definitions for: Anecdote

[n] short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

Webster (1913) Definition: An"ec*dote, n. [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. ? not published;
'an 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 Unpublished narratives.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.

See Also: account, report