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Definition of Modicum
1. Noun. A small or moderate or token amount. "England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"
Definition of Modicum
1. n. A little; a small quantity; a measured supply.
Definition of Modicum
1. Noun. A small, modest or trifling amount. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Modicum
1. a small amount [n -CA or -CUMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Modicum
Literary usage of Modicum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Works of Gervase of Canterbury by Gervase, William Stubbs (1879)
"... enim rex Angliae sponte vel The truce invitus, et post modicum ... Motus igitur
ad modicum rex pacificas ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... care and attention most cases of abortion (excluding criminal cases and those
complicated with other morbid conditions) present a modicum of danger, ..."
3. Iohannis Wyclif Opus Evangelicum by John Wycliffe (1895)
"... modicum est, et festuca est quantum ad sacerdoti* ... etsi modicum fecerit
peccatum, magnum est et trabs est, quantum ad laici dico ..."
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