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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eclectic \Ec*lec"tic\, noun One who follows an eclectic method.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eclectic \Ec*lec"tic\, adjective [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.
2. Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
{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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
eclectic
adjective: selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
noun: someone who selects according to the eclectic method [syn: {eclecticist}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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) [gaz-place]:
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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