anecdote
an.ec.dote or an.ec.dot.i.cal \'an-ik-.do-t\ \.an-ik-'da:t-ik\ \-i-k*l\ \-k(*-)le-\ n [F, fr. Gk anekdota unpublished items, fr. neut. pl. of anekdotos u]npublished, fr. a- + ekdidonai to publish, fr. ex out + didonai to give - more at EX-, DATE : a usu. short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incid ent - an.ec.dot.i.c aj