Tartuffe
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Tartuffe or Tartufe (tɑːˈtʊf, -ˈtuːf, tɑːˈtʊf, -ˈtuːf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a person who hypocritically pretends to be deeply pious | |
| [from the character in the Molière's comedy Tartuffe (1664)] | |
| Tartufe or Tartufe | |
| —n | |
| [from the character in the Molière's comedy Tartuffe (1664)] | |
| Tar'tuffian or Tartufe | |
| —adj | |
| Tar'tufian or Tartufe | |
| —adj | |
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Tartuffe
"pretender to piety," 1676, from name of principal character in comedy by Molière (1664), apparently from O.Fr. tartuffe "truffle," chosen for suggestion of concealment (Tartuffe is a religious hypocrite).
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