Scintilla Definition

sĭn-tĭlə
noun
A spark.
Webster's New World
A particle; the least trace.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Scintilla

Noun

Singular:
scintilla
Plural:
scintillae, scintillas

Origin of Scintilla

  • Existing in English since the seventeenth century; from Latin scintilla (“sparkling speck, atom").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin spark

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Scintilla Sentence Examples

  • There wasn't even a scintilla of evidence to link him to the crime.

  • Give me a scintilla of evidence, and I am ready to jump at them.

  • Don't listen to him, there's not a scintilla of truth in anything he says.

  • I couldn't understand even a scintilla of the computer program that I was supposed to be taking a test on.

  • The recipe called for a scintilla of red pepper flakes, to add a little kick.

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Words Starting With

SSCSCI

Words Ending With

ALALLA

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Words Starting With S and Ending With A

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With S9 Letter Words Ending With A