Tartuffe

//tɑɹˈtuːf// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A religious hypocrite.
  2. 2
    a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) wordnet

Synonyms

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Etymology

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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