1670s, "secret or private stories," from French anecdote (17c.) or directly from Greek anekdota "things unpublished," neuter plural of anekdotos, from an- "not" (see an-) [..]

A short narrative account of an amusing, unusual, revealing, or interesting event. A good anecdote has a single, definite point, and the setting, dialogue, and characters are usually subordinate to th [..]

(revision in progress) Annotated:

short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) An anecdote is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. It may be as brief as the setting and provocation [..]

n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident.

A short, amusing narrative of an entertaining or curious incident that is often biographical.

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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.   

A short narrative about an interesting, amusing, or curious incident, often biographical and based on a real event.

An informative and entertaining story within a story.

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

1. Unpublished narratives. 2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life. Origin: F. Anecdote, fr. Gr. Not published; priv. + given out, to give out, to publish; out + to give. See Dose. (01 Mar 1998)

A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting. An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis. A previously [..]

One time, Shmoop followed the entire line-up of the 1997 Atlanta Braves to their hotel after a game to try to get Chipper Jones's autograph. We failed, but we managed to meet Sinbad in the proces [..]