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Tartuffe

tar·tuffe

UK/tɑɹˈtuːf/ US/tɑɹˈtʊf/ uncommon

noun

1.

a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)

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Origin

From French tartuffe, from the protagonist Tartuffe (from Italian tartufo (“truffle”)) in the play of the same name by Molière. Doublet of tartufo.

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