anecdoticadj.

Brit.

/ˌanᵻkˈdɒtɪk/,

/ˌanᵻkˈdəʊtɪk/, U.S.

/ˌænəkˈdɑdɪk/,

/ˌænəkˈdoʊdɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anecdote n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: < anecdote n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier anecdotical adj., anecdotal adj.Compare French anecdotique (1752 or earlier).

1. Of, relating to, or consisting of anecdotes; anecdotal.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > anecdote > [adjective]

anecdotal1715

anecdotical1741

anecdotic1768

1768 H. Walpole Let. 20 Aug. in Corr. (1937) I. 151 There are of late a small number of persons who collect English heads, but not enough to encourage such a work; I hope the anecdotic part will make it more known and tasted.

1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 424 The peculiar talent of the French in all narrative, at least in all anecdotic, departments.

1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 237 That taste for story-telling—that anecdotic habit is quite vulgar.

1980 Santa Fe New Mexican 23 Aug. (TV section) 3/4 Her adjustment to..White House life provides a fascinating anecdotic picture of the Taft and Wilson administrations.

2. Of a person: given to or skilled in telling anecdotes. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to chat > of or relating to gossip or rumour > gossiping

tittling1565

tittle-tattle1598

gossiping1618

tittle-tattling1720

anecdotical1732

anecdoting1740

anecdotic1791

gossipy1818

talky-talky1831

anecdotive1857

mauvais langue1961

1791 Gentleman's Mag. May 460/1 A new and correct edition of that anecdotic writer [sc. Athenaeus].

1856 N. Hawthorne in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. iv. 42 The captain is..very talkative, and anecdotic.

1995 Gulf Daily News (Nexis) 8 May Benjamin Disraeli..was an anecdotic and witty gentleman.

3. Art. Concerned with or depicting small narrative incidents. Cf. anecdote n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > genre

rhyparographic1815

anecdotic1833

genre1849

moyen-age1849

anecdotal1870

slice of life1895

1833 Court Jrnl. 16 Mar. 181/1 The anecdotic and familiar class of pictures.

1857 Bentley's Misc. 41 242 The grandiose aspect of these people [sc. Arabs] is not..represented in the anecdotic painting of our times.

2003 P. M. Fletcher Narrating Modernity 20 An example of the ‘moribund’ anecdotic art that must give way to a truly imaginative art.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anecdotic
释义	anecdoticadj. Brit. /ˌanᵻkˈdɒtɪk/, /ˌanᵻkˈdəʊtɪk/, U.S. /ˌænəkˈdɑdɪk/, /ˌænəkˈdoʊdɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anecdote n., -ic suffix. Etymology: < anecdote n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier anecdotical adj., anecdotal adj.Compare French anecdotique (1752 or earlier). 1. Of, relating to, or consisting of anecdotes; anecdotal. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > anecdote > [adjective] anecdotal1715 anecdotical1741 anecdotic1768 1768 H. Walpole Let. 20 Aug. in Corr. (1937) I. 151 There are of late a small number of persons who collect English heads, but not enough to encourage such a work; I hope the anecdotic part will make it more known and tasted. 1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 424 The peculiar talent of the French in all narrative, at least in all anecdotic, departments. 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 237 That taste for story-telling—that anecdotic habit is quite vulgar. 1980 Santa Fe New Mexican 23 Aug. (TV section) 3/4 Her adjustment to..White House life provides a fascinating anecdotic picture of the Taft and Wilson administrations. 2. Of a person: given to or skilled in telling anecdotes. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to chat > of or relating to gossip or rumour > gossiping tittling1565 tittle-tattle1598 gossiping1618 tittle-tattling1720 anecdotical1732 anecdoting1740 anecdotic1791 gossipy1818 talky-talky1831 anecdotive1857 mauvais langue1961 1791 Gentleman's Mag. May 460/1 A new and correct edition of that anecdotic writer [sc. Athenaeus]. 1856 N. Hawthorne in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. iv. 42 The captain is..very talkative, and anecdotic. 1995 Gulf Daily News (Nexis) 8 May Benjamin Disraeli..was an anecdotic and witty gentleman. 3. Art. Concerned with or depicting small narrative incidents. Cf. anecdote n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > genre rhyparographic1815 anecdotic1833 genre1849 moyen-age1849 anecdotal1870 slice of life1895 1833 Court Jrnl. 16 Mar. 181/1 The anecdotic and familiar class of pictures. 1857 Bentley's Misc. 41 242 The grandiose aspect of these people [sc. Arabs] is not..represented in the anecdotic painting of our times. 2003 P. M. Fletcher Narrating Modernity 20 An example of the ‘moribund’ anecdotic art that must give way to a truly imaginative art. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1768
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