trigness
English
Etymology
trig + -ness. See trig (“trim, neat”).
Noun
trigness (uncountable)
- The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.
- 1853, Elisha Kent Kane, The United States Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin
- Their spars had no man-of-war trigness.
- 1853, Elisha Kent Kane, The United States Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for trigness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Stingers, Tserings, restings, singster, stingers, tressing