1. 
[syn: eclectic, eclecticist]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.  selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas; 
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eclectic \Ec*lec"tic\, n.
   One who follows an eclectic method.
   [1913 Webster]
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]
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
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