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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Modicum \Mod"i*cum\, n. [L., fr. modicus moderate, fr. modus.
   See Mode.]
   A little; a small quantity; a measured supply. "Modicums of
   wit." --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

         Her usual modicum of beer and punch.     --Thackeray.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

modicum
    n 1: a small or moderate or token amount; "England still expects
         a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"- Ian Jack