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trigness

trigness noun: the quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.

Noun

trigness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The 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 of trigness

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

Questions about trigness

What does trigness mean?
Trigness means the quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.
What part of speech is trigness?
Trigness is a noun.

Words near trigness in the dictionary

  1. triglyphal
  2. triglyphed
  3. triglyphic
  4. triglyphical
  5. triglyphs
  6. trigness
  7. Trigo
  8. trigofoenoside
  9. trigold
  10. trigometric
  11. trigon

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