[ようぐ, yougu] (adj-na, n) mediocrity; imbecility [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mediocrity \Me`di*oc"ri*ty\, n. [F. m['e]diocrit['e], L.
mediocritas.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a
moderate degree or rate. "A mediocrity of success."
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. Moderation; temperance. [Obs.] --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
3. A mediocre person; -- used disparagingly.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mediocrity
n 1: ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not
outstanding [syn: {averageness}, {mediocrity}]
2: a person of second-rate ability or value; "a team of aging
second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded
him" [syn: {second-rater}, {mediocrity}]
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