tartuffe
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Tartufe
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Noun (1)
- a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)Synonyms: TartufeType of hypocrite, dissembler
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Tar·tuffe′, Tar·tufe′ noun
Origin: F. tartufe.
A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54