[smij-uh
n] 
| a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast. |
| smid·gen also smid·geon or smid·gin (smĭj'ən) n. A very small quantity or portion; a bit or mite: "a smidgen of genius, a sliver of cutting truth" (John Simon). [Probably alteration of dialectal smitch, particle, perhaps ultimately from Middle English smite, perhaps from past participle of smiten, to smite; see smite.] |