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Definition of Trigness
1. n. The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.
Definition of Trigness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trigness
1. the quality or state of being trig [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trigness
Literary usage of Trigness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"trigness, s. Neatness, the state of being trim, S. —" The lassies, who had been
at Nanse Banks's school, were always well spoken of—for the ..."
2. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"... ago do not need to have a word changed in order to exactly describe the same
region as it appears to-day—-except as to the “trigness” of the houses. ..."
3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"... ago do not need to have a word changed in order to exactly describe the same
region as it appears to-day—except as to the "trigness" of the houses. ..."
4. The Bookman (1911)
"He seems to have acquired there only a liking for trigness and smartness in attire.
Having enough money for a few years' study of art, he went to Paris and ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1843)
"... school were always well spoken of, buth for their civility, and the trigness
of their houses when they were afterward married. ..."
6. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal by Elisha Kent Kane (1854)
"... had no man-of-war trigness; their decl were choked with half-stowed cargo;
and for size, felt as if I could straddle from the main hatch to th bulwarks. ..."
7. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... who ' spoken of, both for their civility, and the trigness of their houses,
when they were afterwards married." Ann. of the Par., p. 29. ..."
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