trigness

English

Etymology

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

Noun

trigness (uncountable)

1. (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