anecdote
(noun) short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anecdote (plural anecdotes)
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 untold secret account of an incident.
anecdote (third-person singular simple present anecdotes, present participle anecdoting, simple past and past participle anecdoted)
(ambitransitive) To tell anecdotes (about).
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Source: Wiktionary
An"ec*dote, n. Etym: [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. Dose, n.]
1. pl.
Definition: Unpublished narratives.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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
