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    [Adjective]  | "me*di*o*cre" | \ ˌmē-dē-ˈō-kər \


    1: of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary, so-so

    Origin: circa 1586 ;

     Borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin mediocris "of medium size, moderate, middling, commonplace," perhaps originally "halfway to the top," from medius "middle, central" + -ocris, adjective derivative from the base of Old Latin ocris "rugged mountain," going back to Indo-European *h2oḱ-r-i- "point, peak, edge" (whence also Umbrian ukar, ocar "citadel," Middle Irish ochair "edge, border," Welsh ochr, Greek ókris "top, point, corner"), derivative of *h2eḱ- "pointed" {mat|mid:1|}, {mat|edge:1|};

      * Note : The base *h2oḱ-r-i- forms a pair with *h2eḱ-r- "sharp, pointed" (see: {acro-|acr-}) and the two have been explained as part of an original "acrostatic" paradigm of a noun, with fixed stress on the root, o-vocalism in the direct cases and e-vocalism in the oblique cases, with Indo-European daughter languages generalizing one form or another. Note that Greek has both ókris, as above, and ákris "hilltop, mountain peak." Perhaps also belonging here is Sanskrit aśri- "corner, angle, edge" (see: at {acro-|acr-}), where the vowel may be either *a or *o.;

    [Adjective]  | "mediocre" 


    1: of average to below average quality;


      * e.g., " ... your grades are mediocre and barely acceptable "




    2: of low quality;


      * e.g., " ... mediocre carvings in a pseudo-African style that are sold to tourists "



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     [ "mediocre" ]

    1: just in the middle. not good but not horrible

      * e.g.,  ... J lo is mediocre 

     [ "mediocre" ]

    1: Huffelpuff; the particurally good finders.

      * e.g.,  ... Hogwarts, i hate that mediocre house. 

     [ "mediocre" ]

    1: What all E.a games are.

      * e.g.,  ... coolperson: What do you think of e.a 

     [ "mediocrement" ]

    1: n. It's like a compliment, but not. But it's also not an insult.

      * e.g.,  ... 3 examples of a mediocrement: "Hey, you're not the grossest person I've ever met!" 

     [ "Mediocrates" ]

    1: pron. a person of average of below-average intelligence or skill who claims to be an expert.

      * e.g.,  ... Leslie pontificated incessantly about her surfing exploits, but the dopers at Mavericks knew her as Mediocrates. 

     [ "Mediocre" ]

    1: Not good, not bad, but a negative term nonetheless. Often used to describe something that is average, but was expected to be much better.

      * e.g.,  ... She was a mediocre student who could have been much better. 

     [ "mediocrity" ]

    1: The most insiduous influence on the young is not violence, drugs, tobacco, drink or sexual perversion, but our pursuit of the trivial and our tolerance of the third rate.

      * e.g.,  ... i dont think outside the square, in fact, i wasnt aware that there was a square, i just shutup and eat my media and dont want to think for myself.  

     [ "mediocrally" ]

    1: Mediocrally is an adverb derived from mediocrity (also derived from mediocre).

      * e.g.,  ... After the investment banker and kindergarten teacher met on Jdate, they got married and lived mediocrally ever after. 

     [ "Mediocre" ]

    1: Something that isn't good, but isn't bad. Such as a movie that Kevin James is in.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow that Kevin James movie was mediocre. 

     [ "Mediocre" ]

    1: Michael Crabtree of the San Francisco 49'ers, in the words of the best cornerback in the league, Richard Sherman of the 2014 World Champs, the Seattle Seahawks.

      * e.g.,  ... “Well, I’m the best corner in the game! When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that’s the result you’re gonna get! Don’t you ever talk about me!” In a subsequent interview on ESPN, Sherman reiterated that Crabtree is “mediocre at best.” 

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