Me`di*oc"ri*ty (?), n. [F. m'ediocrit'e, L. mediocritas.]

1.

The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate.

"A mediocrity of success."

Bacon.

2.

Moderation; temperance.

[Obs.]

Hooker.

 

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