cabotinage

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noun

overacting; hamming

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nouncabotinage (uncountable)
  1. uncountableoveracting; hamming

Origin

  1. Frenchcabotinage
  2. Frenchcabotinage
  3. Englishcabotinage

Borrowed from French cabotinage.

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APA

cabotinage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cabotinage

MLA

“cabotinage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cabotinage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cabotinage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cabotinage.

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