eclectic
/ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.
Example Sentences
- "Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. […] It is an eclectic religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest evidence that no eclectic religion can ever influence large numbers of men."
- "Though rooted in jazz, Byron's music is stylistically eclectic."
- "All members of the Hominoidea, apes and man, show an eclectic taste in food but select, from a wide range of possibilities, only a few to provide the bulk of their diet."
- "Colvin said Obama has an eclectic taste in music, listening to everything from Indonesian flute music to OutKast to Motown."
- "The Austrians concentrated their entire armored formation into the 1st Division; the 2nd Division consisted solely of the wooden ship of the line Kaiser, looking incredibly out of place in a battle of ironclads, along with five frigates; and the 3rd Division had an eclectic collection of smaller gunboats and armed merchantmen."
- "Neo-Pagans are eclectics, often borrowing from a variety of cultural traditions as they try to shape their religious organizations and practices to meet group and individual needs."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: éclectique, ἐκλεκτικός