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Tartuffe

[ tahr-too f, -toof; French tar-tyf ]

/ tɑrˈtʊf, -ˈtuf; French tarˈtüf /

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noun, plural Tar·tuffes [tahr-too fs, -toofs; French tar-tyf] /tɑrˈtʊfs, -ˈtufs; French tarˈtüf/ for 2.

(italics) a comedy (1664–69) by Molière.

Also Tar·tufe. (often lowercase) a hypocritical pretender to piety.

Example sentences from the Web for tartuffe

Tartuffe repays the trust and love of his benefactor by making improper advances to that benefactor's wife.

Classic French Course in English |William Cleaver Wilkinson
She believed she saw in Mme. de Maintenon a Tartuffe in a sage-coloured gown.

The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr |Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon
When most of the guests had departed, "Tartuffe, the fashionable piece, was played before twenty women and numbers of men."

Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle |Arvede Barine
Madame Bordin interrupted him: "We know what a Tartuffe is."

Bouvard and Pcuchet |Gustave Flaubert

Valre comes to announce that Tartuffe, the villain, has accused Orgon to the king.

French Classics |William Cleaver Wilkinson

British Dictionary definitions for tartuffe

Tartuffe

Tartufe

/ (tɑːˈtʊf, -ˈtuːf) /

noun

a person who hypocritically pretends to be deeply pious

Derived forms of Tartuffe

Tartuffian or Tartufian, adjective

Word Origin for Tartuffe

from the character in the Molière's comedy Tartuffe (1664)