[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eclectic \eclec"tic\, a. gr. ?, fr. ? to pick out, choose out:
   cf. f. 'eclectique. 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
see also:
eclogue elect eclectic physician eclectic school bolognese school bolognese 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eclectic \eclec"tic\, n.
   one who follows an eclectic method.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

eclectic
     adj : selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
     n : someone who selects according to the eclectic method syn: eclecticist
see also:
eclecticist 

[4] : 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

[5] : 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 codes: 36024

[6] : 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

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