Meaning & use
Anecdota
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Previously unpublished writings or private accounts, especially secret or scandalous historical anecdotes not meant for public circulation.
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Scholars still study the Byzantine historian Procopius's 'Anecdota,' a scathing secret history of Emperor Justinian's court.
The archive contained several anecdota about court life that had never been printed.
A note on using this word
The word comes from the Greek 'anekdota,' meaning 'unpublished things,' and entered English largely through its use as the title of Procopius's notorious 'Secret History.'
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