Dictionary entries for 'modicum'

Synonyms

mod·i·cum (mŏd́ĭ-kəm)

[Middle English, from Latin, from neuter of modicus, moderate, from modus, measure.]

noun: pl., -cums or -ca (-kə)

A small, moderate, or token amount: “England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists” (Ian Jack)