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Webster 1913 Edition

Modicum

Mod′i-cum

,

Noun.

[L., fr.

modicus

moderate, fr.

modus

. See

.]

A little; a small quantity; a measured supply.

“Modicums of wit.”

Shak.

Her usual

modicum

of beer and punch.

Thackeray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Modicum

MOD'ICUM

,

Noun.

[L.] A little; a small quantity.