eclectic
(adjective) selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
eclectic, eclecticist
(noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eclectic (comparative more eclectic, superlative most eclectic)
Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.
• (unrelated and unspecialized): heterogeneous; see also heterogeneous
• (selecting a mixture of doctrines): exclusive, homogeneous, orthodox, standard, uniform; see also homogeneous
eclectic (plural eclectics)
Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.
Source: Wiktionary
Ec*lec"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. éclectique. 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.
Ec*lec"tic, n.
Definition: One who follows an eclectic method.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 January 2025
(adverb) in a concerned and solicitous manner; “‘Don’t you feel well?’ his mother asked solicitously”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
