médiocrement, adv., middlingly, indifferently, tolerably; poorly, hardly, barely.
médiocrité, n.f., mediocrity; moderate competence, moderate fortune, very ordinary performance.
médique, adj., Median.
médionner, v.a., to average; to take the average.
médire, v.n., to slander, to speak ill of, to backbite, to traduce. — de son prochain; to speak ill of one’s neighbor.
médisance, n.f., slander, scandal, backbiting; piece of slander.
médisant, -e, adj. and n., slanderous, scandalous; slanderer. Il ne faut pas croire les —s; slanderers are not to be believed.
méditati-f, -ve, adj. and n., meditative; meditative person.
méditation, n.f., meditation, thought.
méditer, v.a., to meditate, to think over, to consider, to reflect; to contemplate, to plan. — la ruine de quelqu’un; to plot any one’s ruin.