eclectic |iˈklektik|adjective1 deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources: her musical tastes are eclectic.2 ( Eclectic) Philosophy of, denoting, or belonging to a class of ancient philosophers who did not belong to or found any recognized school of thought but selected such doctrines as they wished from various schools.nouna person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.DERIVATIVESeclectically adverbeclecticism |iˈklektiˌsizəm| nounORIGIN late 17th cent. (as a term in philosophy): from Greekeklektikos, from eklegein ‘pick out,’ from ek ‘out’ + legein ‘choose.’
style |stīl|noun1 a manner of doing something : different styles of management.• a way of painting, writing, composing, building, etc., characteristic of a particular period, place, person, or movement.• a way of using language : he never wrote in a journalistic style | students should pay attention to style and idiom.• [usu. with negative ] a way of behaving or approaching a situation that is characteristic of or favored by a particular person : backing out isn't my style.• an official or legal title : the partnership traded under the style of Storr and Mortimer.2 a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed : the pillars are no exception to the general style.• a particular design of clothing.• a way of arranging the hair.3 elegance and sophistication : a sophisticated nightspot with style and taste.4 a rodlike object or part, in particular• archaic term for stylus (sense 2).• Botany (in a flower) a narrow, typically elongated extension of the ovary, bearing the stigma.• Zoology (in an invertebrate) a small slender pointed appendage; a stylet.• the gnomon of a sundial.verb [ trans. ]1 design or make in a particular form : the yacht is well proportioned and conservatively styled.• arrange (hair) in a particular way : he styled her hair by twisting it up to give it body.2 [ trans. ] designate with a particular name, description, or title : the official is styled principal and vice chancellor of the university.PHRASESin style (or in grand style) in an impressive, grand, or luxurious way.DERIVATIVESstyleless |ˈstīl(l)is| adjectivestylelessness |ˈstīl(l)isnis| nounstyler nounORIGIN Middle English (denoting a stylus, also a literary composition, an official title, or a characteristic manner of literary expression): fromOld French stile, from Latin stilus. The verb dates (first in sense 2) from the early 16th cent.-stylesuffix(forming adjectives and adverbs) in a manner characteristic of : family-style | church-style.ORIGIN from style .