‖ scintilla
(sɪnˈtɪlə)
[L.]
A spark; always fig., a minute particle, an atom.
| 1692 T. Watson Body of Div. 434 God takes notice of the least scintilla, the least spark of grace in his Children. a 1734 North Examen iii. ix. §11 (1740) 655 Such was the Disposition..in most People, upon a Scintilla of Evidence, to conclude the King was a Papist. 1851 Helps Comp. Solit. xii. (1874) 229 They are daring words,..but they have a scintilla of truth in them. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I remember III. xxii. 324 She expressed herself..accurately..but without a scintilla of animation. |