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Scintilla

noun

A tiny or scarcely detectable amount. Synonyms: iota, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit.

A sparkling glittering particle.

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"Scintilla" Quotes from Famous Books

... evident enough from the nervous way in which he gnawed his moustache; but he had no theory any more than the police; there was not a scintilla of evidence to fasten the crime upon any one; and the end of the hearing was that the jury brought in a verdict that Philip Vantine and Georges Drouet had died from the effects of a poison administered by ...

— The Mystery Of The Boule Cabinet - A Detective Story • Burton Egbert Stevenson

... whether, on like testimony, it would have made a similar ruling. * * * [The Commission's] conclusion, of course, is subject to review, but when supported by evidence is accepted as final; not that its decision, * * *, can be supported by a mere scintilla of proof—but the courts will not examine the facts further than to determine whether there was substantial ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

... did the Prodigal Son dodge, as you know, and out of the proceeds sent you my year's exes in that cheque you with your damnable pride sent me back again. And now, old fellow, that I have you face to face at last, can you offer the faintest scintilla of a shadow of a reason for refusing to take that cheque? No, you can't! Nothing but simple beastly stuckuppishness. I saw through you at once; all your heroics were a fraud. I was not your friend, but your protege—something to practise your chivalry on. You dropped your cloak, ...

— Merely Mary Ann • Israel Zangwill

... Dei penitus in homine deleta est, nulla boni scintilla superstite: tota natura quoad omnes animae partes ita funditus eversa, ut ne renatus quidem et sanctus quidquam sit aliud intrinsecus, nisi mera corruptio atque contagio." Quorsum ista? Vt qui sola fide gloriam rapturi sunt, in omnium turpitudinum coeno volutati, naturam accusent, ...

— Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name • Edmund Campion