Definition: a short, interesting or funny story about a real person or event
"Definition of Anecdote Noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary." Oxford Learners Dictionaries, Oxford UP, www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/anecdote?q=anecdote. Accessed 1 Sept. 2022.
Informal definition: a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
Merriam-Webster. www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/anecdote#:~:text=%3A%20a%20usually%20short%20narrative%20of,interesting%2C%20amusing%2C%20or%20biographical%20incident. Accessed 6 Sept. 2022.
Etymology: 1670s, "secret or private stories," from French anecdote (17c.) or directly from Medieval Latin anecdota, from Greek anekdota "things unpublished," neuter plural of anekdotos, from an- "not" (see an- (1)) + ekdotos "published," from ek- "out" (see ex-) + didonai "to give" (from PIE root *do- "to give").
Online Etymology Dictionary. www.etymonline.com/search?q=anecdote&ref=searchbar_searchhint. Accessed 1 Sept. 2022.