Definitions for: Modicum

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

Webster (1913) Definition: Mod"i*cum, n. [L., fr. modicus moderate, fr. modus.
See Mode.]
A little; a small quantity; a measured simply. ``Modicums of
wit.'' --Shak.

Her usual modicum of beer and punch. --Thackeray.

See Also: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity