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eclectic | chill |

As an adjective eclectic

is selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.

As a noun eclectic

is someone who selects according to the eclectic method.

As an abbreviation chill is

(computing) an acronym for ccitt high level language.

eclectic

English

Alternative forms

* eclectick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
  • * 1893 , John Robson, Hinduism and its Relations to Christianity , page 211, 214
    • Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. It is an eclectic' religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest evidence that no ' eclectic religion can ever influence large numbers of men.
  • Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.
  • * 1983 , Peter J. Wilson, Man, the Promising Primate: The Conditions of Human Evolution , page 140
    • All members of the Hominoidea, apes and man, show an eclectic taste in food but select, from a wide range of possibilities, only a few to provide the bulk of their diet.
  • * 2006 , W. Frederick Zimmerman, Should Barack Obama Be President? , page 153
    • Colvin said Obama has an eclectic taste in music, listening to everything from Indonesian flute music to OutKast to Motown.

    Derived terms

    * eclectically * eclecticism

    Synonyms

    * (unrelated and unspecialized) heterogeneous

    Antonyms

    * (selecting a mixture of doctrines) exclusive, homogeneous, orthodox, standard, uniform

    See also

    * cherry pick * heteroclite

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.

    • chill

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
  • A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills , or susceptibility to illness.
  • An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
  • An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
    • (Raymond)
  • The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
    • (Knight)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Moderately cold or chilly.
    • A chill wind was blowing down the street.
  • * Milton
    • Noisome winds, and blasting vapours chill .
  • (slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing. See also : chill out.
    • I'm pretty chill most of the time.
    Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain.
  • (slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
    • That new movie was chill , man.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
    • Chill before serving.
  • (metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
  • To become cold.
    • In the wind he chilled quickly.
  • (metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.
  • (slang) To relax, lie back.
    • Chill , man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up.
    The new gym teacher really has to chill or he's gonna blow a gasket.
  • (slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out .
    • Hey, we should chill this weekend.
  • (slang) To smoke marijuana.
    • On Friday night do you wanna chill?

    Derived terms

    * chillax * chilliness * chilling * chilling effect * chill out / chillout * chill pill * chilly * libel chill * send chills / cast a chill

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