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anecdotage

anecdotage

1 9.9
A time when an older person often tells short stories about the past
  • noun
  • /ˌænɪkˈdoʊtɪdʒ/
: anecdotario
  • During his anecdotage, he entertained us with tales of his travels around the world.

Examples

  • Turlow Gutheridge, the mayor, is my age, and "in his anecdotage," as Josh puts it, has a keen sense of rumor.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • In her anecdotage, Grandma loves to share stories about her childhood adventures.

  • So I'm into my anecdotage; so what?

    Fiction book (2001)

  • As he entered his anecdotage, he often reminisced about the good old days with friends.

How Talkative

garrulousness
  • Formal
1 8.9
anecdotage
1 9.9
quietness
7 1.0
reticence
10 7.8

Surface Forms

anecdotage singular
anecdotages plural

Morphology

anecdotage = anecdote (opaque) = anecdote + age

Although the form suggests 'anecdote' plus '-age', the sense depends on a playful extension to old age and habitual storytelling, so it is not straightforwardly compositional.

Etymology

Anecdotage can also be read as anecdote ('short, amusing story') plus -age ('period' or 'old age'), giving the image of an 'age of anecdotes' when someone tells many tales. That's why anecdotage can mean the time in later life when a person often shares amusing memories.