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单词 modicum
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modicumn.

Brit. /ˈmɒdᵻkəm/, U.S. /ˈmɑdəkəm/
Forms: late Middle English– modicum, 1600s moddicom, 1600s moddicome, 1600s modicom, 1600s modicome.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin modicum.
Etymology: < classical Latin modicum a small or modest amount (especially of money), use as noun of neuter of modicus moderate < modus mode n. + -icus -ic suffix.
1. A small quantity or portion; a moderate or limited amount. (Often modified by little, small, tiny.)
a. Of food, drink, or the like.In quot. 1609 apparently a slang term for: something eaten in order to stimulate thirst.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > amounts of food > [noun] > small quantity
breadeOE
crumbc975
snedec1000
snodec1150
morselc1300
swallow1340
modicumc1400
mouthful?c1450
tasting1526
taste1530
buckone1625
morceau1778
rive1793
nibble?1828
munchet1845
moufful1896
niblet1896
snade1901
nugget1951
nibbly1978
the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a moderate quantity, amount, or degree
modicumc1400
reasonc1450
curtsy1528
courtesy1530
considerable1745
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount
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littleOE
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nekedc1400
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tinec1420
nieveful?a1425
handfulc1443
mouthful?c1450
smatchc1456
weec1480
quern1503
halfpennyworth1533
groatsworth1562
dram1566
shellful1578
trickle1580
snatch1592
sprinkling1594
fleck1598
snip1598
pittance1600
lick1603
fingerful1604
modicum1606
thimbleful1607
flash1614
dasha1616
pipa1616
pickle1629
drachm1635
cue1654
smack1693
starn1720
bit1753
kenning1787
minikin1787
tate1805
starnie1808
sprat1815
harl1821
skerrick1825
smallums1828
huckleberry1832
scrimp1840
thimble1841
smite1843
nattering1859
sensation1859
spurt1859
pauchlea1870
mention1891
sketch1894
sputterings1894
scrappet1901
titch1937
tad1940
skosh1959
smattering1973
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 215 For til modicum mete with vs..Wote no wiȝte..what is ynough to mene.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 236 in Poems (1981) 13 Ane modicum is mair ffor till allow, Swa that gude will be kerver at the dais, Than thrawin vult and mony spycit mais.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 336v As the mercatemenne..dooe bryng out a litle modicum of wheate..in a treen dishe for a saumple.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 15 Age seeketh rather a Modicum for sustenaunce, then feastes for surfets.
1605 R. Armin Foole vpon Foole (new ed.) sig. D2 There was no boote to bid runne for drams to driue downe this vndisgested moddicome.
1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B2v Lay open all thy secrets & ye mystical Hierogliphick of Rashers ath coales, Modicums & Shooing hornes.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 74 Eat it up all, or not a whit, for a Modicum will Gripe the Belly.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Treacle Drink a small Modicum of good Wine upon it.
1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxviii. 193 ‘Well, Tom,’ said Ben, after he had finished the small modicum of beer left him by my father.
1859 A. Trollope West Indies (1860) iii. 42 With the cup of coffee comes a small modicum of dry toast.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 306 It is probable that but a modicum of the poison was absorbed.
1946 D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist (U.K. ed.) ii. 28 The tiny modicum of water produced by breathing-combustion is..circulated round and round inside the powder-post beetles.
1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xxxi. 309 What I generally have at this time of afternoon..is a syllabub of cream and thin cider, sweetened with a modicum of honey.
b. Of money or other property.
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1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. D3 v Whether it is better liuing contentedly with thy modicum, augmenting it with industry, or sette all on sice sinke, whether thou shalt haue thine owne or nothinge, iudge you.
1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. ii. 22 Theres alittle modicum more porter for making thee stay.
1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. iii. v. 316 As Alcumists spend that small modicum they haue to get gold.
1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clxxxv. 784 It may also import some parcell of Land or acquisition of some modicum by the decease of a Kinsman.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §123. 203 Upon Search of his Pockets, there was found his ordinary Modicum of Guineas.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. viii. 181 St. Paul hath taught me to be content with the little I have. Had the Modicum been less, I should have known my Duty. View more context for this quotation
1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. i. 14 A true, lofty life may be lived with a very small modicum.
1990 Amer. Rifleman Feb. 61/1 Those DCM juniors we select can expect a travel allowance from their home to Fort Benning and back, housing and a modicum of spending money for meals.
c. gen. (chiefly of immaterial things).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount
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littleOE
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nekedc1400
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nieveful?a1425
handfulc1443
mouthful?c1450
smatchc1456
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quern1503
halfpennyworth1533
groatsworth1562
dram1566
shellful1578
trickle1580
snatch1592
sprinkling1594
fleck1598
snip1598
pittance1600
lick1603
fingerful1604
modicum1606
thimbleful1607
flash1614
dasha1616
pipa1616
pickle1629
drachm1635
cue1654
smack1693
starn1720
bit1753
kenning1787
minikin1787
tate1805
starnie1808
sprat1815
harl1821
skerrick1825
smallums1828
huckleberry1832
scrimp1840
thimble1841
smite1843
nattering1859
sensation1859
spurt1859
pauchlea1870
mention1891
sketch1894
sputterings1894
scrappet1901
titch1937
tad1940
skosh1959
smattering1973
1606 S. Hieron Truths Purchase in Wks. (1620) I. 59 So you must euen giue all, euen for one little modicum of hearty obedience to the truth.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. i. 70 What modicums of wit he vtters. View more context for this quotation
1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 115 They are also cooling, notwithstanding the modicum of heate in them.
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 30 Such [Earth] as having a modicum of Loam naturally rising with it, to entertain the moisture, does neither defile the Fingers, nor cleave much to the Spade.
1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 212 Though nature weigh our talents, and dispense To ev'ry man his modicum of sense.
1836 Tait's Edinb. Mag. June 390a Though of a frush temper, he had a modicum of honesty about him.
1859 J. Bright Speeches 7 And no law can pass, not the smallest modicum of freedom or of justice come to you.
1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xix. 371 The monastic and other schools placed some modicum of learning within reach of all.
1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold xiii. 288 With a modicum of luck they might even be able to record every claim they had pegged—and then get rid of them at throw-away prices.
1951 Sport 27 Apr. 10/2 I expect that the club legislators will approach this question with a modicum of caution.
1988 Pract. Photogr. Mar. 15/1 Pictures taken with just a modicum of imagination.
2. humorous. A person of small stature. Occasionally derogatory: a young woman (cf. piece n. 9b, bit n.2 7). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > woman > [noun]
wifeeOE
womaneOE
womanOE
queanOE
brideOE
viragoc1000
to wifeOE
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ladyc1225
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fairc1450
womankindc1450
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tega1529
sister?1532
minikinc1540
wyec1540
placket1547
pig's eye1553
hen?1555
ware1558
pussy?a1560
jade1560
feme1566
gentlewoman1567
mort1567
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jug1569
rowen1575
tarleather1575
mumps1576
skirt1578
piga1586
rib?1590
puppy1592
smock1592
maness1594
sloy1596
Madonna1602
moll1604
periwinkle1604
Partlet1607
rib of man1609
womanship?1609
modicum1611
Gypsy1612
petticoata1616
runniona1616
birda1627
lucky1629
she-man1640
her1646
lost rib1647
uptails1671
cow1696
tittup1696
cummer17..
wife1702
she-woman1703
person1704
molly1706
fusby1707
goody1708
riding hood1718
birdie1720
faggot1722
piece of goods1727
woman body1771
she-male1776
biddy1785
bitch1785
covess1789
gin1790
pintail1792
buer1807
femme1814
bibi1816
Judy1819
a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823
wifie1823
craft1829
shickster?1834
heifer1835
mot1837
tit1837
Sitt1838
strap1842
hay-bag1851
bint1855
popsy1855
tart1864
woman's woman1868
to deliver the goods1870
chapess1871
Dona1874
girl1878
ladykind1878
mivvy1881
dudess1883
dudette1883
dudine1883
tid1888
totty1890
tootsy1895
floozy1899
dame1902
jane1906
Tom1906
frail1908
bit of stuff1909
quim1909
babe1911
broad1914
muff1914
manhole1916
number1919
rossie1922
bit1923
man's woman1928
scupper1935
split1935
rye mort1936
totsy1938
leg1939
skinny1941
Richard1950
potato1957
scow1960
wimmin1975
womyn1975
womxn1991
the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person
dwarfeOE
congeonc1230
go-by-ground?a1300
smalla1300
shrimpc1386
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gruba1400
murche1440
nirvil1440
mitinga1450
witherling1528
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elf1530
hop-o'-my-thumb1530
pygmy1533
little person1538
manikin1540
mankin1552
dandiprat1556
yrle1568
grundy1570
Jack Sprat1570
squall1570
manling1573
Tom Thumb1579
pinka1585
squib1586
screaling1594
giant-dwarf1598
twattle1598
agate1600
minimus1600
cock sparrow1602
dapperling1611
modicum1611
scrub1611
sesquipedalian1615
dwarflinga1618
wretchcock1641
homuncio1643
whip-handle1653
homuncule1656
whippersnapper1674
chitterling1675
sprite1684
carliea1689
urling1691
wirling1691
dwarf man1699
poppet1699
durgan1706
short-arse1706
tomtit1706
Lilliputian1726
wallydraigle1736
midge1757
minikin1761
squeeze-crab1785
minimum1796
niff-naff1808
titman1818
teetotum1822
squita1825
cradden1825
nyaff1825
weed1825
pinkeen1850
fingerling1864
Lilliput1867
thumbling1867
midget1869
inch1884
shorty1888
titch1888
skimpling1890
stub1890
scrap1898
pygmoid1922
lofty1933
peewee1935
smidgen1952
pint-size1954
pint-sized1973
munchkin1974
1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. B (init.) I haue culled out for him..a daintier bit or modicome then any lay vpon his trencher at dinner.
1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine ii. i. sig. E1v Marc. Where are you? You Modicum, you Dwarfe. Mari. Here, Giantesse, here.
1632 J. Shirley Changes v. 65 Heaven blesse your worship, and the sweet fac'd modicum in your company.
3. slang. The female genitalia. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun]
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quoniamc1405
naturec1470
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quiver case1568
water gap1586
cunnya1593
medlar1597
mark1598
buggle-boo1600
malkin1602
lap1607
skin coat1611
quim1613
nest1614
watermilla1626
bum1655
merkin1656
twat1656
notch1659
commodity1660
modicum1660
crinkum-crankum1670
honeypot1673
honour1688
muff1699
pussy1699
puss1707
fud1771
jock1790
cock?1833
fanny?1835
vaginac1890
rug1893
money-maker1896
Berkeley1899
Berkeley Hunt1899
twitchet1899
mingea1903
snatch1904
beaver1927
coozie1934
Sir Berkeley1937
pocketbook1942
pranny1949
zatch1950
cooch1955
bearded clam1962
noonie1966
chuff1967
coozea1968
carpet1981
pum-pum1983
front bum1985
coochie1986
punani1987
front bottom1991
va-jay-jay2000
1660 Pract. Part of Love 67 There was no medium nor modicum like that between Helena's legs if good parts and..fine words could but rime to Cunny.
1700 E. Ward Dancing School 3 Charming Bubbies, Plump Hips, Soft Bellies, Condescending Mo-Mo-Modicums.
1712 E. Ward Merry Observations in Misc. Writings III. 105 A Dutch-Woman, were she in England, would be glad, six Weeks before the time, to keep a Stove under her Petticoats, to keep her Modicum from freezing.
1732 Spiritual Fornication 21 Her Bum He kiss'd, and eke her modicum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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