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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The old theme of the sectarists had lost its freshness, and the cavaliers, with their royal libertine, had become as obnoxious to public decency as the Tartuffes.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli
"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 William Lyon Phelps
"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
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 Max O'Rell
There have been Tartuffes and tuft-hunters there, as in the great world.
From Aspects of Modern Oxford by A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley
