单词 | anecdota |
释义 | anecdotan. With plural agreement. 1. Secret, private, or hitherto unpublished episodes or details of history. Cf. anecdote n. 1. ΚΠ 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. F4 A man..might make a pleasant story of the Anecdota of that Meeting. ?1795 T. J. Mathias Imperial Epist. 18 In the Greek Anecdota of Procopius..we find that there were two factions in the state, the Green and the Blue. 1845 Eng. Rev. Mar. 230 Hardly a collection of Anecdota has been published since, which does not contain some fragments from Origen. 1986 J. Heller & S. Vogel No Laughing Matter 28 I doubt very much that my physician that day..was as familiar with the anecdota of the pathology as I am now. 2. Anecdotes; anecdotal writing or content. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > anecdote > [noun] storya1425 anecdote1718 anecdota1721 nanny-goat1764 historiette1839 nancy story1858 lie1934 1721 ‘Philalethes’ Let. to Reverend Master Trinity-Coll. Cambr. 12 Some Anecdota concerning the private Studies of your green Years. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Oct. 5 To dispel by means of ‘anecdota’ the common impression that Mdme. de Staël and her mother did not get on very well together. 2006 G. Robinson Essent. Torah ii. 119 It is devoid of anecdota, supporting cast, and wordplay. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1676 |
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