#a tiny trace

Word Nerd : Scintilla

Scintilla (scin-til-la) noun

A tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling.  A minute amount; hint, iota, trace, or particle.  A spark, glimmer, or flash.

There is something about scintilla that seems to lend itself to poetry and descriptive writing. To whisper in a gentle hush, without even a scintillaof doubt, how much you love another…ah, how perfectly romantic! To feel that glimmer,…