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mediocrity

Today it means: The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard. Full definition →

Middle French médiocrité ← Latin mediocritās

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Latin · derived frommediocritās
Middle French · derived frommédiocrité
English todaymediocrity

From Middle French médiocrité, from Latin mediocritās, from mediocris; by surface analysis, mediocre + -ity.

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