Scintilla (comics)
WordNet
noun
(1) A sparkling glittering particles
(2) A tiny or scarcely detectable amount
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Existing in English since the seventeenth century; from scintilla, “sparkling speck, atom”.
Noun
Verb
scintilla
- third person singular present tense of scintillare
- second person singular imperative of scintillare