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- modicum



[modicum 词源字典] - modicum: see model
[modicum etymology, modicum origin, 英语词源] - modicum (n.)




- "small quantity or portion," late 15c., Scottish, from Latin modicum "a little," noun use of neuter of modicus "moderate, having a proper measure; ordinary, scanty, small, few," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)).