word of the day: scintilla

The word of the day is scintilla:

a minute particle; spark; trace

Latin: spark (dictionary.com)

"'Where shall we put Pasha Partout once he attains his ultimate pythonic dimensions?' beseeched Sonia at the slightest scintilla of sympathy in the eye of a weekend guest."

 - Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Out of the Loud Hound of Darkness: A Dictionarrative