cabotinage
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French cabotinage.
Noun
editcabotinage (uncountable)
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcabotinage 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.
Further reading
edit- “cabotinage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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