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modicum
/ˈmɑdɪkəm/
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What does modicum mean?
noun
- A modest, small, or trifling amount.
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In order to appeal to the cultivated sense of utility, an article must contain a modicum of this indirect utility.
There is necessarily required a certain modicum of antiquity in a race, and the wrinkle of the centuries cannot be improvised.
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In spite of her thoughtful appearance, the Epeira is incapable of the modicum of reflexion required to insert a piece into an accidental gap.
I kept another small loaf, and a modicum of cheese, on a particular shelf of a particular cupboard, to make my supper on when I came back at night.
With a shade more of good fortune, or maybe with a modicum more of leisure, the learned Doctor would have won the invention of the balloon for his own country.