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hamminess

noun

Etymology

From hammy + -ness.

  1. derived from hām
  2. suffixed as hammy — “ham + y”
  3. suffixed as hamminess — “hammy + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state of being hammy.

    • The actors carry off this farce with the usual crude camp, semaphore gestures, shameless hamminess, and heavy ogling.
    • Linda Balgord brings bug-eyed hamminess and a bothersome vocal wobble to the role of aging actress Norma Desmond, almost completely missing the textured humor, intelligence, and pathos of Gloria Swanson's great screen performance.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA