anecdota

See also: anécdota and anècdota

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, retaining the nominative-plural case ending -a (but in the alternative-spelling sense, misinterpreted as a singular case ending).

Pronunciation

Noun

anecdota

  1. plural of anecdoton
  2. plural of anecdotum

References

  1. ^ “anecdote, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

anecdota

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of anecdotum
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