Contents
-AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section V. Results of Voluntary Action
736. Mediocrity.
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| NOUN: | MEDIOCRITY; golden mean &c. (mid-course) [See Mid-course], (moderation) [See Moderation]; moderate -, average- circumstances; respectability.
middle classes, bourgeoisie [F.].
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| VERB: | strike the golden mean; preserve a middle course [See Mid-course].
jog on, get along [colloq.], get by [slang]; go -, get on- -fairly, – quietly, – peaceably, – tolerably, – respectably.
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| ADJECTIVE: | MIDDLING, comme ci comme ça [F.], soso or so-so, fair, fair to middling [colloq.], medium, moderate, mediocre, ordinary; second -, third -, fourth- rate.
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| ADVERB: | with nothing to brag about.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - High hopes die on a warm hearthstone.—Kipling
- No characteristic trait had he Of any distinctive kind.—Gilbert
- Contentment is the smother of invention.—Cynic’s Calendar
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