Meaning of MODICUM
| Pronunciation: | | 'mâdikum
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| | Definition: | | [n] a small or moderate or token amount; "England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"- Ian Jack |
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| | See Also: | | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mod"i*cum\, n. [L., fr. modicus moderate, fr. modus.
See {Mode}.]
A little; a small quantity; a measured simply. ``Modicums of
wit.'' --Shak.
Her usual modicum of beer and punch. --Thackeray.
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