Definition of "tartuffe" []

• A hypocrite, especially one who affects religious piety. (noun)

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• "Le tartuffe oubliait aussi de signaler la guerre de Sécession [1861-1865] [1.5 millions de morts ?]"
• "Tartuffe, the question: "Et tartuffe?" repeated every few moments, affords us the distinct sensation of a spring being released."
• "Cervantes has given us ‘quixotic’; Swift ‘lilliputian’; to Molière the French language owes ‘tartuffe’ and ‘tartufferie’."