mediocraladj.
/ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkr(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌmidiˈoʊkr(ə)l/ΚΠ
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 317 Mediocral, when [the antennae are] of the length of the body.
2. gen. Average, ordinary, mediocre. Now rare.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mediocral, being of a middle quality; indifferent; ordinary; as mediocral intellect. Addison.
1847 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Jan. 68/1 He is, evidently, most fond of the lowly and mediocral scenes and characters of life.
1852 J. D. Canning Harp & Plow 204 Leave life's mediocral fen For ‘braes o' fame!’
1862 Southern Lit. Messenger 34 248/1 He was not considered a mediocral plodder up the hill of difficulty and perseverance, having, in his younger days, acquired the advantages of a liberal education.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1826- to compliment into a state, out of a thing
- to comply away
- to comply with
- to comport the pike
- to comport with
- to compose one's countenance
- to compose oneself
- to compound a felony
- to compound an information
- to compute a person out of
- to compute out of
- to con by heart
- to con by rote
- to con grame
- to con gree
- to con laud
- to con maugre
- to con over
- to con thank
- to con thanks
- to concede defeat
- to conceive of
- to conceive well, ill, etc
- to conceive well, ill, etc of
- to concern oneself about