/mee'dee oh"keuhr/ , adj.
1. of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate.
2. rather poor or inferior.
[ 1580-90; mediocris in a middle state, lit., at middle height = medi(us) MID 1 + OL ocris rugged mountain, c. Gk ókris, akin to ákros apex; cf. Umbrian ocar hill, citadel ]