averageness, mediocrity
(noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
mediocrity, second-rater
(noun) a person of second-rate ability or value; “a team of aging second-raters”; “shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mediocrity (countable and uncountable, plural mediocrities)
(now rare) The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
(obsolete) A middle course of action; moderation, balance.
(uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
An individual with mediocre abilities or achievements.
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Source: Wiktionary
Me`di*oc"ri*ty, n. Etym: [F. médiocrité, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
