modicum
A modest, small, or trifling amountA modest, small, or trifling amount.
» Tom doesn't even have a modicum of common sense.
Meaning
1 sensesA modest, small, or trifling amount.
Unable to garner even a modicum of support for his plan, he conceded to follow the others.
The constitutional requirement necessitates independent creation plus a modicum of creativity.
Bisschen, Hauch, Spur
чу́точкаčútočka, ма́лостьmálostʹ, ничтожно коли́чествоničtožno kolíčestvo
a small or moderate or token amount
Examples
3 sentencesTom doesn't even have a modicum of common sense.
Could you please show at least a modicum of decency while the Jacksons are here?
As George Bush has amply demonstrated, being president of the U.S. requires only a modicum of intelligence.
ruКак убедительно продемонстрировал Джордж Буш, достаточно всего капельки интеллекта, чтобы стать президентом США. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English modicum, from Latin modicum (“a little, a small amount”), a noun use oFrom 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).
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plural: modicumsSynonyms
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2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular