mediocrity, generality; golden mean &c (mid-course) 628; middle &c 68;
compromise &c 774; middle course, middle state; neutrality.
mediocrity, least common denominator.
V. split the difference; take the average &c n.; reduce to a mean &c
n.; strike a balance, pair off.
Adj. mean, intermediate; middle &c 68; average; neutral.
mediocre, middle-class; commonplace &c (unimportant) 643.
Adv. on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking
all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis [Lat.],
in round numbers.
Phr. medium tenuere beati [Lat.].