trig

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   dated or dialectal: neat, trim, and smart in appearance

   He arrived in a trig wool coat with every button fastened.

2. 2
   noun

   informal: trigonometry

   She reviewed trig before the engineering entrance exam.

3. 3
   adj

   archaic: faithful, trustworthy, or secure

   The old account praised him as a trig and dependable companion.

The adjective descends through Middle English trig or tryg from Old Norse tryggr, 'faithful, secure, or true,' a relative of English true. Its sense shifted from reliable or safe to trim and smart. The noun is a twentieth-century clipping of trigonometry.

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