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Traditional English :: eclectic
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eclecticaly.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 deriving ideas, tastes, style, etc., from various sources. 2 Philos. & Art selecting one's beliefs etc. from various sources; attached to no particular school of philosophy. --n. 1 an eclectic person. 2 a person who subscribes to an eclectic school of thought. eclectically adv. eclecticism n. [Gk eklektikos f. eklego pick out] |
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Traditional English :: eclectic
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eclecticaly.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 deriving ideas, tastes, style, etc., from various sources. 2 Philos. & Art selecting one's beliefs etc. from various sources; attached to no particular school of philosophy. --n. 1 an eclectic person. 2 a person who subscribes to an eclectic school of thought. eclectically adv. eclecticism n. [Gk eklektikos f. eklego pick out] |
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Traditional English :: eclectic
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eclecticaly.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 deriving ideas, tastes, style, etc., from various sources. 2 Philos. & Art selecting one's beliefs etc. from various sources; attached to no particular school of philosophy. --n. 1 an eclectic person. 2 a person who subscribes to an eclectic school of thought. eclectically adv. eclecticism n. [Gk eklektikos f. eklego pick out] |
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Traditional English :: eclampsia
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eclecticaly.html - n. a condition involving convulsions leading to coma, occurring esp. in pregnant women. eclamptic adj. [mod.L f. F eclampsie f. Gk eklampsis sudden development f. eklampo shine forth] |
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Traditional English :: eclectic
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eclecticaly.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 deriving ideas, tastes, style, etc., from various sources. 2 Philos. & Art selecting one's beliefs etc. from various sources; attached to no particular school of philosophy. --n. 1 an eclectic person. 2 a person who subscribes to an eclectic school of thought. eclectically adv. eclecticism n. [Gk eklektikos f. eklego pick out] |
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Traditional English :: eclipse
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eclecticaly.html - n. & v. --n. 1 the obscuring of the reflected light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the eye or between it and its source of illumination. 2 a deprivation of light or the period of this. 3 a rapid or sudden loss of importance or prominence, esp. in relation to another or a newly-arrived person or thing. --v.tr. 1 (of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another). 2 intercept (light, esp. of a lighthouse). 3 deprive of prominence or importance; outshine, surpass. in eclipse 1 surpassed; in decline. 2 (of a bird) having lost its courting plumage. eclipser n. [ME f. OF f. L f. Gk ekleipsis f. ekleipo fail to appear, be eclipsed f. leipo leave] |
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