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tartuffery

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Tar⋅tuf⋅fer⋅y

  [tahr-toof-uh-ree, -too-fuh-]
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–noun
behavior or character of a Tartuffe, esp. hypocritical piety.
Origin:
1850–55; < F tartufferie. See Tartuffe, -ry
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tar·tuffe also tar·tufe   (tär-tŏŏf', -tōōf')   
n.  A hypocrite, especially one who affects religious piety.

[After the protagonist of Tartuffe, a play by Molière.]
tar·tuf'fe·ry n.
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