Wordie: Scintilla: Comments

Comment by Asativum, 3 months ago

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:55:58 +0000

You know, I'd think a scintilla is smaller than a soupçon, just from the phrase"not a scintilla of evidence.

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:51:13 +0000

But smaller than a soupspoon.

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:48:46 +0000

I always envisage a scintilla as being hard and sharp, like a glass splinter, whereas a soupcon sounds much more liquid somehow.

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:46:35 +0000

Probably bigger than a soupcon

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:12:19 +0000

Italian - spark.

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:21:31 +0000

Also the name of an imaginary ultra-compact car. ;->

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:43:55 +0000