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Definition
a distinctive mix of styles or ideas selected from various sourcesor:
one who prefers to select a distinctive mix of styles or ideas rather than adopting a common set from a single source
- The home is furnished with a tasteful and eclectic collection of furniture.
eclectic = a distinctive mix of styles
- a fusion restaurant with a surprisingly eclectic menu
- Layla added. . . We have an actual new coffeemaker and a very eclectic selection of coffee mugs... .Nora Roberts -- Blood Brothers
- They grew to love his eclectic taste.Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
- For their first batch of programs, they called on personal and professional contacts, choosing to begin with an eclectic mix of prominent people.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
- "Marion," she said, for she had been gazing at my library, my eclectic little collection.Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
- Yet Beaufort had an eclectic and educated board.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- It was furnished in eclectic pieces, not one of them matching another, but harmonious just the same.Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
- I suck in some coffee, skip to the last paragraph: the inevitable eclectic, the obligatory post-feminist, a however and a despite.Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
- The furniture could only be described compassionately as beach furniture, but it reflected an eclectic, practical consciousness at work over the years.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- While he worked on getting the fire going, Sophia's gaze wandered from the living room to the kitchen, taking in her eclectic surroundings.Nicholas Sparks -- The Longest Ride
- I had no idea what sort of denomination Orthodox Eclectic was, but I nodded like we had a big group of them back in Sylvan.Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees
- An eclectic mixture of locally owned businesses line Tejon Street, the main drag.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- He never became angry, except when somebody called him eclectic.Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead
- Her personality was eclectic and at times completely alien, yet they understood each other on a profound level.Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
- Their collection had grown into an eclectic fusion of new and old .... of cutting-edge and historical.Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
- Talk about eclectic, Langdon thought.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- The result was a cacophony of shape and color that the designer, with no detectable sign of irony, called Eclectic Deconstructionism.Nicholas Evans -- The Horse Whisperer
- It was true that during her childhood she had sampled many of its eclectic offerings, filling her days with trips to museums, zoos, and theaters.David Baldacci -- Wish You Well
- I learned an eclectic smattering of Commonwealth law from a traveling barrister too drunk or too pompous to realize he was lecturing an eight-year-old.Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
eclectic = a distinctive mix of styles