scintilla
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ə noun
a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
Origin:
1685–95; < Latin: spark
1685–95; < Latin: spark
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| —n | |
| a minute amount; hint, trace, or particle | |
| [C17: from Latin: a spark] | |
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Scintilla
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Word Origin & History
scintilla
1692, from fig. use of L. scintilla "particle of fire, spark, glittering speck, atom," probably from PIE *ski-nto-, from base *skai- "to shine, to gleam" (cf. Goth. skeinan, O.E. scinan "to shine").
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Example sentences
It has also been defined as more than a scintilla and less than a preponderance.
She wants us to accept, without a scintilla of real evidence, that autism is an epidemic.
Substantial evidence is more than a mere scintilla but may be less than a preponderance.
It is more than a mere scintilla but may be less than a preponderance.
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