Eclectic (adj)
ek-lek-tik
Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
Late 17th century (as a term in philosophy): from Greek eklektikos, from eklegein ‘pick out’, from ek ‘out’ + legein ‘choose’.
Example sentences
“she had eclectic taste, clear from a quick look around her apartment.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
