Nearby Words
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To mediocrity
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Mediocrity
has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
| given to using long words. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
Example Sentences
- Since his retirement, the Bears have been cursed with six decades of quarterback mediocrity.
- Maybe I really am doomed to mediocrity and will never climb out of the ooze.
Collins
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
mediocrity
mid-15c., from Fr. médiocrité, from L. mediocritatem (nom. mediocritas) "a middling condition," from mediocris (see mediocre). Neutral at first; disparaging sense began to predominate from late 16c. The noun meaning "person of mediocre abilities or attainments"
EXPANDis from 1690s. Before the tinge of disparagement crept in, another name for the Golden Mean was golden mediocrity.
COLLAPSE
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Matching Quote
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.