Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A minute amount; an iota or trace.
- noun A spark; a flash.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spark; a glimmer; hence, the least particle; a trace; a tittle.
- noun [capitalized] [NL.] In zoology:
- noun A genus of bivalve mollusks.
- noun A genus of lepidopterous insects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
spark orflash . - noun A small or
trace amount.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- noun a sparkling glittering particle
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Yesterday's term was scintilla, which is defined as:
Define That Term #49 2006
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Yesterday's term was scintilla, which is defined as:
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Not-Laura was proud to have planted "a skin-tella of doubt," though she probably meant "scintilla," but had no concept of how to pronounce the word.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor Samoa: "The Lord Frickin' Provides!" 2009
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Not-Laura was proud to have planted "a skin-tella of doubt," though she probably meant "scintilla," but had no concept of how to pronounce the word.
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Not-Laura was proud to have planted "a skin-tella of doubt," though she probably meant "scintilla," but had no concept of how to pronounce the word.
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The court went on to determine that the "scintilla" test would create too much ambiguity as well.
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The court went on to determine that the "scintilla" test would create too much ambiguity as well.
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Not-Laura was proud to have planted "a skin-tella of doubt," though she probably meant "scintilla," but had no concept of how to pronounce the word.
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The court went on to determine that the "scintilla" test would create too much ambiguity as well.
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The court went on to determine that the "scintilla" test would create too much ambiguity as well.
reesetee commented on the word scintilla
Also the name of an imaginary ultra-compact car. ;->
October 8, 2007
bilby commented on the word scintilla
Italian - spark.
April 7, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word scintilla
Probably bigger than a soupcon
June 21, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word scintilla
I always envisage a scintilla as being hard and sharp, like a glass splinter, whereas a soupcon sounds much more liquid somehow.
June 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word scintilla
But smaller than a soupspoon.
June 21, 2008
asativum commented on the word scintilla
You know, I'd think a scintilla is smaller than a soupçon, just from the phrase"not a scintilla of evidence.
June 21, 2008
vsrixyz commented on the word scintilla
Sounds like a fragment of a fascinating conversation.
August 26, 2009
kingparton commented on the word scintilla
A hundred races, from the mightiest to the weakest... you took from each of them a shade, a hue, a tint, and a scintilla, enfolding them to your bosom, adding them to the splendor of your attire, and continuing your course through the ages with vigor and resolve.
Arshak Chopanian, "Ode to My Native Tongue"
July 25, 2011