MODICUM


Meaning of MODICUM in English

/mod"i keuhm/ , n.

a moderate or small amount: He hasn't even a modicum of common sense.

[ 1425-75; late ME modicus moderate, equiv. to modi-, comb. form of modus limit (see MODE 1 ) + -cus adj. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .