trigness

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noun

The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.

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Meanings

nountrigness (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableThe quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.

    Their spars had no man-of-war trigness.

    1853, Elisha Kent Kane, The United States Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin

Origin

From trig + -ness. See trig (“trim, neat”).

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APA

trigness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trigness

MLA

“trigness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trigness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trigness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trigness.

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