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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ec·lec·tic a.
 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.