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- 5 dictionary resultsme⋅di⋅o⋅cre
[mee-dee-oh-ker] 
–adjective
| 1. | of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate. |
| 2. | rather poor or inferior. |
Origin:
1580–90; < MF < L mediocris in a middle state, lit., at middle height = medi(us) mid 1 + OL ocris rugged mountain, c. Gk ókris, akin to ákros apex; cf. Umbrian ocar hill, citadel
1580–90; < MF < L mediocris in a middle state, lit., at middle height = medi(us) mid 1 + OL ocris rugged mountain, c. Gk ókris, akin to ákros apex; cf. Umbrian ocar hill, citadel
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| me·di·o·cre (mē'dē-ō'kər) adj. Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary. See Synonyms at average. [French médiocre, from Latin mediocris : medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots + ocris, a rugged mountain; see ak- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Mediocre
Me"di*o`cre\, a. [F. m['e]diocre, L. mediocris, fr. medius middle. See Mid.] Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary. " A very mediocre poet." --Pope.Mediocre
Me"di*o`cre\, n. 1. A mediocre person. [R.] 2. A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties. --Shipley.
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Language Translation for : mediocre
Spanish:
mediocre,
German:
mittelmäßig,
Japanese:
並みの
mediocre
1586, from Fr. médiocre, from L. mediocris "of middling height or state," originally "halfway up a mountain," from medius "middle" (see medial) + ocris "jagged mountain" (cf. Gk. okris "peak, point," Welsh ochr "corner, border," L. acer "sharp;" see acrid). Mediocrity is first recorded 1531, from M.Fr. médiocrité, from L. mediocritatem (nom. mediocritas) "a middling condition," from mediocris.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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