单词 | modicum |
释义 | modicumn. 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 speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 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. ΚΠ 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 speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 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 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. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] wifeeOE womaneOE womanOE queanOE brideOE viragoc1000 to wifeOE burdc1225 ladyc1225 carlinec1375 stotc1386 marec1387 pigsneyc1390 fellowa1393 piecec1400 femalea1425 goddessa1450 fairc1450 womankindc1450 fellowessa1500 femininea1513 tega1529 sister?1532 minikinc1540 wyec1540 placket1547 pig's eye1553 hen?1555 ware1558 pussy?a1560 jade1560 feme1566 gentlewoman1567 mort1567 pinnacea1568 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 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 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. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] cuntc1230 quivera1382 chosec1386 privy chosea1387 quoniamc1405 naturec1470 shell1497 box1541 water gate1541 mouth1568 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). < n.c1400 |
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