cabotinage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabotinage.

Noun

cabotinage (uncountable)

1. overacting; hamming

French

Etymology

From cabotiner +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.bɔ.ti.naʒ/

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Noun

cabotinage m (uncountable)

1. 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.

Further reading

• “cabotinage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.