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anecdotic, a.|ænɪkˈdɒtɪk|
[f. anecdote n. + -ic; cf. mod.Fr. anecdotique.]
1. a. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of anecdotes.
1786‘P. Pindar’ Poet. Ep. to Boswell 18 Amidst the anecdotic mine, Thou labour'st hard to bid thy Hero shine. 1816H. C. Robinson Diary II. 10 His conversation is only intelligent and anecdotic and gentlemanly. 1829Carlyle Misc. II. 6 The peculiar talent of the French in all..anecdotic departments. 1856Lever Martins of Cro' M. 237 That taste for story-telling—that anecdotic habit is quite vulgar.
b. spec. in Art.
1933C. H. C. Baker Brit. Painting xxi. 208 We notice..a steady revulsion from anecdotic ‘period’ pictures. The pity is that so habitual had become the yearning to tell a story that the anecdotic spirit persisted even in the modern realistic genre of the '70's.
2. Addicted to anecdote, ready to tell stories.
1870Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1879) II. 67 The Captain is..very talkative and anecdotic. 1881Athenæum 5 Feb. 192 Dr. Stevens, however, is not an anecdotic biographer. |