tartuffe

nounhypocrite

Synonyms for tartuffe

noun hypocrite

Word Origin & History

"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).

Example Sentences for tartuffe

The soul of Tartuffe had entered into the body of a sinner of the last century.

The story of "Tartuffe" is briefly this: Tartuffe, the hero, is a pure villain.

Only tell him that I come from Mr. Tartuffe, for his benefit.

Madame Bordin interrupted him: "We know what a Tartuffe is."

She believed she saw in Mme. de Maintenon a Tartuffe in a sage-coloured gown.

Paris remembered that a former Bishop of Autun had been the original of Tartuffe.

Tartuffe at least knew what he was aiming at; but this fellow, for all his cleverness——'

The author of "The Hypocrite," the prototype of Tartuffe, was also the model.

Tartuffe and Jack the Ripper—was ever such a combination in the history of the world!

Molire is said to have had a personal aim in drawing the character of Tartuffe.