trigness

English

Etymology

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

Noun

trigness (uncountable)

(archaic) 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.

References

“trigness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Stingers, Tserings, restings, singster, stingers, tressing

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