eclectic. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

eclectic

SYLLABICATION:	e·clec·tic
PRONUNCIATION:	-klktk
ADJECTIVE:	1. Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles: an eclectic taste in music; an eclectic approach to managing the economy. 2. Made up of or combining elements from a variety of sources: “a popular bar patronized by an eclectic collection of artists, writers, secretaries and aging soldiers on reserve duty” (Curtis Wilkie).
NOUN:	One that follows an eclectic method.
ETYMOLOGY:	Greek eklektikos, selective, from eklektos, selected, from eklegein, to select : ek-, out; see ecto– + legein, to gather; see leg- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	e·clecti·cal·ly —ADVERB


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