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Webster 1913 Edition
Mediocrity
Meˊdi-oc′ri-ty
,Noun.
[F.
médiocrité
, L. mediocritas
.] 1.
The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate.
“A mediocrity of success.” Bacon.
2.
Moderation; temperance.
[Obs.]
Hooker.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mediocrity
MEDIOC'RITY
,Noun.
1.
A middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate. A mediocrity of condition is most favorable to morals and happiness. A mediocrity of talents well employed will generally ensure respectability. Men of age seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
2.
Moderation; temperance. We owe obedience to the law of reason, which teacheth mediocrity in meats and drinks.
Definition 2024
mediocrity
mediocrity
English
Noun
mediocrity (countable and uncountable, plural mediocrities)
- (now rare) The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
- (obsolete) A middle course of action; moderation, balance.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review Books 2001, p.273:
- In adversity I wish for prosperity, and in prosperity I am afraid of adversity. What mediocrity may be found?
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review Books 2001, p.273:
- (uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
- An individual with mediocre abilities or achievements.
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Translations
condition of being mediocre
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