tartuffe
[noun]
Synonyms: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, lip server, pharisee, whited sepulcher

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Tartuffe noun. [tɑ:'tu:f] Also Tartufe. L17.
[French, the principal character (a religious hypocrite) in the comedy Tartuffe by Molière (1664), app. from Italian Tartufo, a use of tartufo truffle, as a concealed object.]
A religious hypocrite; a hypocritical pretender to excellence of any kind.

■ Tartufferie, Tartuffery noun Tartuffism; an instance of this: M19.

■ Tartuffism noun the character or conduct of a Tartuffe; hypocrisy: L17.

■ Tartuffian adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a Tartuffe; hypocritical, pretentious: L19.

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