Pronunciation: [sin-'ti-lê]
Definition: The faintest trace of anything.
Usage: Look out for the silent "c" in this word, as well as the double "l".
Suggested Usage: This word has the intensified sense of "trace": "I don't want a scintilla of vanilla in my shake" or "she didn't leave the scintilla of a doubt about her intentions". Here is something few people know: the diminutive of "scintilla" is "scintillula", i.e. a small scintilla. Amaze your teen-age peers with expressions like this: "Not even a scintillula of this conversation is to get back to my dad!" You may start the next word craze.
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