emication

Etymology

From Latin emicatio, from emicare (“to spring out or forth”), from e (“out”) + micare (“to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle”).

emication means A spark, flickering or scintillation. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.

Why this word is great

EMICATION — [Noun] A singular spark, flicker, or darting flash of light; a scintillation so brief it borders on the hypothetical. From the Latin *emicatio*, from *emicare* ("to spring out or forth"), from *e-" ("out") + *micare* ("to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle"). Unlike scintillation, which implies a sustained, repeated glitter, or coruscation, which suggests a brilliant, rapid succession, emication is the word for a solitary spark's entire biography: its violent birth, its frantic arc, and its absolute extinction. It is the white-hot snap from a severed wire, the sudden silver needle struck from flint, or the impossible glimpse of a firefly caught in the corner of a closing eye—the universe’s briefest argument against the dark, forgotten as soon as it is made.

noun

A spark, flickering or scintillation.“Thus Iron in Aqua fortis will fall into ebullition, with noise and emication, as also a crasse and fumide exhalation, which are caused from this combat of the sulphur of Iron, with the acide and nitrous spirits of Aqua fortis”