What does quantulum mean?
Quantulum means (obsolete) A very small amount..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A very small amount..
[…] that a brave, vigorous, and consistent forwardness, guarded by just such a quantulum of tact as may save it from being signally offensive, will always ensure a certain degree of advancement; […]
[…] with a little French and a little Spanish, a quantulum of wayside knowledge gleaned from lecture-rooms, and a smattering of half a dozen branches of science, that might as well have been studied at a country academy.
Use quantulum when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Quantulum means (obsolete) A very small amount..
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[…] that a brave, vigorous, and consistent forwardness, guarded by just such a quantulum of tact as may save it from being signally offensive, will always ensure a certain degree of advancement; […]
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