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–noun

a moderate or small amount: He hasn't even a modicum of common sense.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME < L, n. use of neut. of modicus moderate, equiv. to modi-, comb. form of modus limit (see mode¹) + -cus adj. suffix

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mod·i·cum Audio Help (mŏd'ĭ-kəm) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. mod·i·cums or mod·i·ca (-kə)
A small, moderate, or token amount: "England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists" (Ian Jack).

[Middle English, from Latin, from neuter of modicus, moderate, from modus, measure; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

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modicum

"small quantity or portion," c.1470, from Scottish, from L. modicum "a little," neut. of modicus "moderate," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (1)).

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

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modicum [ˈmodikəm] noun

a small quantity

Arabic:	قَليل
Chinese (Simplified):	一小份
Chinese (Traditional):	一小份
Czech:	trocha
Danish:	smule
Dutch:	beetje
Estonian:	natuke
Finnish:	hiukkanen
French:	minimum
German:	kleine Menge
Greek:	μικρή ποσότητα, (ένα) ελάχιστο
Hungarian:	kis mennyiség
Icelandic:	ögn; lítilræði; lágmark
Indonesian:	sedikit
Italian:	un po'

Japanese:	少量
Korean:	소량
Latvian:	mazumiņš
Lithuanian:	truputis
Norwegian:	lite grann, minimum
Polish:	odrobina
Portuguese (Brazil):	quantidade módica
Portuguese (Portugal):	módico
Romanian:	minim, modic
Russian:	очень малое количество
Slovak:	trocha
Slovenian:	malenkost
Spanish:	mínimo, pizca
Swedish:	smula, minimum
Turkish:	küçük miktar, azıcık