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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
2: a sparkling glittering particle

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin Date: 1661 spark, trace <not a scintilla of doubt>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a trace. 2 a spark. Etymology: L

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scintilla Scin*til"la, n. [L.] A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle. --R. North.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that there is not a scintilla of evidence, hope, or doubt about something, you are emphasizing that there is none at all. (LITERARY) He says there is 'not a scintilla of evidence' to link him to any controversy. = shred QUANT: with brd-neg, QUANT of n-uncount [emphasis]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [L.] Spark, glimmer, jot, shadow, trace, iota, whit, tittle, bit, ace, grain, atom, particle, scrap, mite.

Moby Thesaurus

blink, blinking, cast, coruscation, dash, firefly, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, glowworm, hint, idea, intimation, lick, look, scintillation, shade, shadow, shimmer, shimmering, sip, smack, smattering, smell, soupcon, spangle, spark, sparkle, sprinkling, stroboscopic light, suggestion, sup, suspicion, taste, thought, tincture, tinge, tinsel, touch, trace, twinkle, twinkling