Hamminess

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being hammy. uncountable

    "The actors carry off this farce with the usual crude camp, semaphore gestures, shameless hamminess, and heavy ogling."

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"The actors carry off this farce with the usual crude camp, semaphore gestures, shameless hamminess, and heavy ogling."

Etymology

From hammy + -ness.

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