Tartuffe
(italics) a comedy (1664–69) by Molière.
Also Tar·tufe .(often lowercase) a hypocritical pretender to piety.
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How to use Tartuffe in a sentence
She played also several important rles in comedy, among them the Dorine of Tartuffe.
Queens of the French Stage | H. Noel WilliamsVaucorbeil laughed in his face; Girbal shrugged his shoulders; and the captain called him Tartuffe.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave FlaubertHow applicable are the words of Tartuffe to the advocates of this measure!
The part of the impostor and that of Aristes constitute a very admirable contrast in "Tartuffe."
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)The next scene introduces Valre, the noble lover of that daughter whom the infatuated father was bent on sacrificing to Tartuffe.
French Classics | William Cleaver Wilkinson
British Dictionary definitions for Tartuffe
Tartufe
/ (tɑːˈtʊf, -ˈtuːf) /
a person who hypocritically pretends to be deeply pious
Origin of Tartuffe
1Derived forms of Tartuffe
- Tartuffian or Tartufian, adjective
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