Mod″i‐cum (?), n. [L., fr. modicus moderate, fr. modus. See Mode.] A little; a small quantity; a measured supply. “Modicums of wit.” Shak.
Her usual modicum of beer and punch. Thackeray.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.