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anecˈdotical, a.
[f. as prec. + -ical.]
1. Of the nature of anecdota or anecdotes.
a1744Bolingbroke To Pope (L.) Particular anecdotical traditions, whose authority is unknown or suspicious. 1850Merivale Rom. Emp. IV. xxxvii. 267 The anecdotical gossip of Suetonius. 1877Daily News 26 Dec. 3/3 The anecdotical and more secret parts of the late events.
2. Gossiping; story-telling.
a1744Pope Wks. 1751 VIII. 212 (Jod.) If the graver historians hereafter shall be silent of this year's events, the amorous and anecdotical may make posterity some amends. 1861Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 143 He was talkative, anecdotical, and droll. |