tmediocrist

[Eng. mediocr(e); ist.] A person of mediocre or indifferent qualities, talents, or merit. "He [John Hughes] is too grave a poet for me, and, I think among the mediocribus [some ed. mediocrists ] in prose as well as verse."- Swift : To Pope , Sept. 3, 1735. 2663 me-di-dc-rit-ў, 8. [Fr. médiocrité , from Lat. mediocritatem , acc us, of mediocritas , from medioc ris meddling, indifferent; Sp. mediocridad ; Ital. mediocrità.] 1. The quality or state of being mediocre; a middle or indifferent state, quality, or degree. "His humanity, ingenuousne , and modesty, the me diocrity of his abilities." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. i. *2. Moderation, temperance. "That law of reason which teacheth mediocrity in meats and drinks."-Hooker: Eccles. Polity. 3. A person of mediocre qualities, talents, or merit; an indifferent performer. *me-di-ox-u-mous, a . [Lat. med i or umus , from medius =middle.) Having the character of a medium; mediatory. "The whole order of the medioxumous or intermedial deities."-H. More: Of Godline , bk. i., ch. xii., § 6. *měd'-I-tançe, s. [Lat. meditans , pr. par. of meditor =to meditate (q. v.).) Meditation. "Your first thought is more Than others' labored meditance." Beaum. & Flet. (1): Two Noble Kinsmen, i. 1.