Tartuffe
Americannoun
plural
Tartuffes-
(italics) a comedy (1664–69) by Molière.
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(often lowercase) Also Tartufe a hypocritical pretender to piety.
noun
Other Word Forms
- Tartuffian adjective
Etymology
Origin of Tartuffe
from the character in the Molière's comedy Tartuffe (1664)
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Lucas Hnath’s new version of Molière’s classic comedy “Tartuffe” is how surprising it isn’t.
Moliere’s “Tartuffe” concerns the fallout in a family after an aging patriarch falls under the spell of a religious con artist.
From Los Angeles Times
Once he enters your mind, like Tartuffe did with his benefactor, he will reside there manipulatively, never letting go.
From Salon
He also had a leading rolein a Broadway production of Molière’s “Tartuffe.”
From Los Angeles Times
On the main stage of the Comédie-Française in Paris, where the production will transfer in the fall, the company could simply repurpose the very similar set of Ivo van Hove’s 2022 “Tartuffe.”
From New York Times
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