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Meaning of TARTUFFE

Pronunciation:  târ'tûf

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 Definition: [n]  a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
 
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 Synonyms: Tartufe
 
 See Also: dissembler, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender

 

 

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Tartuffe
Wilbur`s translation of Molihre`s farce was a co-recipient of the Bollingen Translation Prize in 1963. The play in his translation was first produced to great acclaim at Lincoln Center in 1965.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tar*tuffe"\, Tartufe \Tar*tufe"\, n. [F. tartufe.]
A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in
Fiction.
 

 

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