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Synonyms for tartuffe

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tahr-too f, -toof; French tar-tyf
Phonetic Transcription : tɑrˈtʊf, -ˈtuf; French tarˈtüf

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Définition of tartuffe

Origin :
  • "pretender to piety," 1670s, from name of principal character in comedy by Molière (1664), apparently from Old French tartuffe "truffle," chosen for suggestion of concealment (Tartuffe is a religious hypocrite).
  • noun hypocrite
Example sentences :
  • The soul of Tartuffe had entered into the body of a sinner of the last century.
  • Extract from : « The Library » by Andrew Lang
  • The story of "Tartuffe" is briefly this: Tartuffe, the hero, is a pure villain.
  • Extract from : « Classic French Course in English » by William Cleaver Wilkinson
  • Only tell him that I come from Mr. Tartuffe, for his benefit.
  • Extract from : « Classic French Course in English » by William Cleaver Wilkinson
  • Madame Bordin interrupted him: "We know what a Tartuffe is."
  • Extract from : « Bouvard and Pcuchet » by Gustave Flaubert
  • She believed she saw in Mme. de Maintenon a Tartuffe in a sage-coloured gown.
  • Extract from : « 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 » by Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon
  • Paris remembered that a former Bishop of Autun had been the original of Tartuffe.
  • Extract from : « Talleyrand » by Joseph McCabe
  • Tartuffe at least knew what he was aiming at; but this fellow, for all his cleverness——'
  • Extract from : « Rudin » by Ivan Turgenev
  • The author of "The Hypocrite," the prototype of Tartuffe, was also the model.
  • Extract from : « Michelangelo » by Romain Rolland
  • Tartuffe and Jack the Ripper—was ever such a combination in the history of the world!
  • Extract from : « The Crime of the Congo » by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Molire is said to have had a personal aim in drawing the character of Tartuffe.
  • Extract from : « French Classics » by William Cleaver Wilkinson
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