3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mediocre
adj 1: moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality
from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor
spy" [syn: {poor}, {second-rate}]
2: of no exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average
merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair
health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from
mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling
at best" [syn: {average}, {fair}, {middling}]
3: poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and
mediocre and bad artists"
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