John McPhee, The Control of Nature, 1989, "Cooling the Lava"
The view over the community is of red, green, blue, beige, yellow bright rooftops, walls of oyster and cream. Silver. Turquoise. Copper. Butter. It's a trig and colorful, prosperous, handsome town. There is a house in three shades of green that closely resembles the geologic map of Nebraska. Its appearance is not singular in Vestrnannaeyjar.
trig 2adjectiveneat and smart in appearance : two trig little boys, each in a gray flannel suit.verb ( trigged , trigging ) [ trans. ]make neat and smart in appearance : he has rigged her and trigged her with paint and spar.ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense [faithful, trusty] ): from Old Norse tryggr; related totrue . The current verb sense dates from the late 17th cent.
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