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trimness|ˈtrɪmnɪs|
[f. trim a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being trim; neatness, smartness, spruceness, fineness.
1552Huloet, Trymnes, polities, ei. 1565Cooper Thesaurus, Commendatur..verborum splendore et copia..commended..for trimnes & plentie of woordes. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 240 In turning them [his verses] in a foreigne tonge, much of their worthinesse and trimnesse is diminished. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Mignonneté, trimmenesse, neatenesse, finenesse. 1727Bailey vol. II, Trimness, Neatness, Gayness, Spruceness in Dress. 1820L. Hunt Indicator No. 61 (1822) II. 63 To shew the trimness of her anckles. 1886J. R. Rees Diversions Bk.-worm i. 8 The very wilderness..makes the trimness of other gardens appear paltry and forbidding. |