单词 | middle mean |
释义 | > as lemmasmiddle mean ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [noun] > happy medium merry meana1475 golden mediocrity?1510 middle mean1577 happy medium1629 chastity1712 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. v. sig. L/2 In both, there must be had a middlemeane and measure. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. xxii, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Iiv Next is the Ayre: which who feeles not by sense (For, of all sense it is the middle meane) To flit still? 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 89/2 These the Philosophers call Mediocrities or Means,..of all which the purpose is, that the two extreams being given, the middle mean or number may correspond with them in a certain determined manner. < as lemmas |
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