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modicum

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"Small amount"

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɒdɪkəm/Part of speech nounSorted cdimmouStarts with MEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a small or moderate or token amount

Word origin

From Middle English modicum, from Latin modicum (“a little, a small amount”), a noun use of the neuter form of modicus (“moderate; restrained, temperate; reasonable”) + -cum (suffix forming neuter nouns). Modicus is derived from modus (“a measure; a bound, limit”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”)) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

Used in a sentence

  • Unable to garner even a modicum of support for his plan, he conceded to follow the others.
  • Lo, lo, lo, lo, what modicums of wit he vtters, his euaſions haue ears thus long. I haue bobed his braine more then he has beate my bones.
  • He [Clement of Alexandria] ſhewes alſo that it is better (if a man do drinke) to take wine at ſupper than at dinner, yet a little modicum [...].

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