{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY January 5, 2019- eclectic

WORD OF THE DAY January 5, 2019

eclectic    adjective | ih-KLEK-tik     Definition   1 : composed of elements drawn from various sources; also : heterogeneous   2 : selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles   Scroll down for more about eclectic      TRENDING NOW: national emergency contentious amoral nebulous SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   Trying Very Hard With 'Extra'       The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 1/4/19     More Useful Words You've Probably Never Used       The Scoop on 'The Proof Is in the Pudding'         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Winter Words Quiz   Winter has returned along with cold weather. Wrap yourself in a blanket and challenge yourself with our 14-question quiz about words relating to winter.     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   Eclectic comes from the Greek eklektikos (meaning "selective"), from the verb eklegein, "to select." Eclectic was originally applied to ancient philosophers who were not committed to any single system of philosophy but instead selected whichever doctrines pleased them from every school of thought. Later, the word's use broadened to cover other selective natures. "Hard by, the central slab is thick with books / Diverse, but which the true eclectic mind / Knows how to group, and gather out of each / Their frequent wisdoms...." In this 19th century example from a poem by Arthur Joseph Munby, for example, the word is applied to literature lovers who cull selective works from libraries.     Examples of ECLECTIC   The new downtown restaurant offers an eclectic menu of items at reasonable prices.   "Since December 2016, including the most recent property deal, Google has now spent at least $237 million buying an eclectic array of industrial and retail sites, vacant lots, and even residential properties." — George Avalos, The Mercury News (San Jose, California), 3 Dec. 2018   Word Family Quiz   Fill in the blanks to complete a word for a poem in which shepherds converse that is related to the Greek verb eklegein (meaning "to select"): e _ l _ _ ue.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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