Definitions
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- noun rare, Latinate Alternative spelling of
anecdote .
Etymologies
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Back-formation from anecdota, reinterpreting the nominative neuter plural case ending -a as a Latin case ending (singular: -um), rather than (as is etymologically-consistent) as an Ancient Greek case ending (singular: -on, from -ον (-on)); perhaps reinforced by Latin anecdotum.
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Examples
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"Thesaurus novus anecdotum" (Paris, 1717), and is reprinted in Migne,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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