quantulum

Noun

1. 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; […] - 1832, The...
   • […] 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...