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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cabotinage.
Noun
cabotinage (uncountable)
- overacting; hamming
French
Etymology
From cabotiner + -age.
Pronunciation
Noun
cabotinage m (uncountable)
- affectedness
1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl (in English):Superior to any shade of cabotinage, he yet almost resembled an actor who, between his moments on the stage, revisits his dressing-room, and, before the glass, pressed by his need of effect, retouches his make-up.
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