eclectic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
eclectic
    adj 1: selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
    n 1: someone who selects according to the eclectic method [syn:
         {eclectic}, {eclecticist}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Eclectic \Ec*lec"tic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to pick out, choose out:
   cf. F. ['e]clectique. See {Eclogue}, and cf. {Elect}.]
   1. Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in
      doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or
      systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as,
      an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
      [1913 Webster]

   {Eclectic physician}, one of a class of practitioners of
      medicine, who select their modes of practice and medicines
      from all schools; formerly, sometimes the same as botanic
      physician. [U.S.]

   {Eclectic school}. (Paint.) See {Bolognese school}, under
      {Bolognese}.
      [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Eclectic \Ec*lec"tic\, n.
   One who follows an eclectic method.
   [1913 Webster]
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Eclectic, AL (town, FIPS 22816)
  Location: 32.63676 N, 86.03474 W
  Population (1990): 1087 (441 housing units)
  Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 36024
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Eclectic, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
   Population (2000):    1037
   Housing Units (2000): 459
   Land area (2000):     4.238691 sq. miles (10.978158 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.045591 sq. miles (0.118081 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    4.284282 sq. miles (11.096239 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            22816
   Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
   Location:             32.641285 N, 86.038571 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     36024
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Eclectic, AL
    Eclectic
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "eclectic":
      Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Megarian, Stoic, adoptive,
      amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, animist, animistic,
      appointive, assimilated, assorted, atomistic, blended, broad,
      catholic, choosing, choosy, combinative, combinatory, combined,
      complex, composite, compound, compounded, comprehensive,
      conglomerate, conjoint, conjugate, conjunctive, connective,
      consolidated, constituent, cosmotheistic, dappled, derived,
      discerning, discriminating, diverse, diversified, elective,
      electoral, empirical, equivocal, eudaemonistic, existential,
      fastidious, fifty-fifty, finicky, fused, fussy, half-and-half,
      hedonic, hedonist, hedonistic, heterogeneous, humanist, humanistic,
      idealistic, inclusive, incorporated, indiscriminate,
      instrumentalist, integrated, intricate, ironic, joined, joint,
      jumbled, many-sided, materialistic, mechanistic, medley, merged,
      metaphysical, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, monistic, motley,
      multifaceted, multifarious, multiform, multinational, multiracial,
      naturalistic, nominalist, one, panlogistical, pantheistic,
      particular, patchy, picky, pluralistic, positivist, positivistic,
      pragmatic, pragmatist, promiscuous, rationalistic, realist,
      realistic, scholastic, scrambled, select, selecting, selective,
      sensationalistic, syncretic, syncretistic, syncretized,
      synthesized, theistic, thrown together, transcendentalist,
      transcendentalistic, united, unoriginal, utilitarian, varied,
      vitalistic, voluntarist, voluntaristic
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