modicum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small or moderate or token amount
    • England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"- Ian Jack

WordNet

Mod"i*cum noun
Etymology
L., fr. modicus moderate, fr. modus. See Mode.
Definitions
  1. A little; a small quantity; a measured simply. "Modicums of wit." Shak.
    Her usual modicum of beer and punch. Thackeray.

Webster 1913