(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:15:01

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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