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Tartuffe
[ tahr-toof, -toof; French tar-tyf ]
noun
, plural Tar·tuffes [tahr-, toofs, -, toofs, t, a, r, -, tyf]
- (italics) a comedy (1664–69) by Molière.
- Also Tar·tufe. (often lowercase) a hypocritical pretender to piety.
Tartuffe
/ tɑːˈtʊf; -ˈtuːf /
noun
- a person who hypocritically pretends to be deeply pious
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Derived Forms
- Tarˈtuffian, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Tartuffe1
from the character in the Molière's comedy Tartuffe (1664)
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Example Sentences
She played also several important rles in comedy, among them the Dorine of Tartuffe.
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Vaucorbeil laughed in his face; Girbal shrugged his shoulders; and the captain called him Tartuffe.
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How applicable are the words of Tartuffe to the advocates of this measure!
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The part of the impostor and that of Aristes constitute a very admirable contrast in "Tartuffe."
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The next scene introduces Valre, the noble lover of that daughter whom the infatuated father was bent on sacrificing to Tartuffe.
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