Tartuffe
noun
a comedy (1664–69) by Molière.
Tartuffes
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pluralof Tartuffe.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"I am of your opinion," said Gordon; "it was a Tartuffe that flung me into this dungeon, and perhaps they were Tartuffes who have been the cause of your misfortunes."
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
Accursed Aristocrat Tartuffes, this is the pass ye have brought us to!
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
There have been Tartuffes and tuft-hunters there, as in the great world.
From Aspects of Modern Oxford by Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis)
"Such and such a man is a Rudin," has been a common expression for over fifty years, as we speak of the Tartuffes and the Pecksniffs.
From Essays on Russian Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
English novelists have exposed him, but have not succeeded in extinguishing him; the Chadbands, the Stigginses, the Podsnaps, the Pecksniffs, all the saintly British Tartuffes, are as flourishing as ever.
From English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters by O'Rell, Max
