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Tartuffe
Tar·tuffe
/
tɑrˈtʊf, -ˈtuf;
French
tarˈtüf
/
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[
tahr-
t
oo
f
, -
toof
;
French
t
a
r
-
t
y
f
]
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noun,
plural
Tar·tuffes
/
-ˈtʊfs
,
-ˈtufs
;
French
-ˈtüf
/
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[
-
t
oo
fs
,
-
toofs
;
French
-
t
y
f
]
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,
for 2.
1.
(
italics
)
a comedy (1664–69) by Molière.
2.
Also,
Tar·tufe.
(
often lowercase
)
a hypocritical pretender to piety.
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Tartuffe
or
Tartufe
(tɑːˈtʊf, -ˈtuːf, tɑːˈtʊf, -ˈtuːf)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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"What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as you do the face? Would you equate artifice and sincerity? Confound appearance with truth? Regard the phantom as the very person? Value counterfeit as cash?"
-Molière
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