ANECDOTES

Noun

anecdotes

plural of anecdote

Verb

anecdotes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anecdote

Anagrams

• costeaned, toe dances, toe-dances, toedances

Source: Wiktionary


ANECDOTE

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Definition: Unpublished narratives.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



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Word of the Day

13 December 2024

ALIENATED

(adjective) socially disoriented; “anomic loners musing over their fate”; “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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