noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English sprenkling, from gerund of sprenklen, sprinklen to sprinkle — more at sprinkle
1. : the act or process of one that sprinkles
2.
a. : a limited quantity or amount : a slight portion : modicum
has a sprinkling of learning
hasn't even a sprinkling of common sense
b. : a small quantity falling or made to fall in scattered drops or particles
a sprinkling of snow
a sprinkling of pepper
c. : a relatively small number distributed at random : scattering
the sandy soil of the plain had a light sprinkling of junipers — Willa Cather
among them were thousands of artisans, a sprinkling of intellectuals, and political refugees — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager