scintilla

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Existing in English since the 17th century; borrowed from Latin scintilla (“spark”).

And Scintilla was no better. — The Satyricon — Complete, Petronius Arbiter
That phantasmagorical scintilla of evidence needed to bolster up a weak or doubtful case could always be counted on if Delany was the officer who had made the arrest. — By Advice of Counsel, Arthur Cheney Train
Not a scintilla of these was lost on Porthos; and at every one he uttered an exclamation which betrayed to his friend that he had not lost sight of the idea which possessed his brain. — Twenty years after, Alexandre Dumas

shred, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge

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