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Definition of Tartufe

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

Definition of Tartufe

1. tartuffe [n -S] - See also: tartuffe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tartufe

Literary usage of Tartufe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Paradox of Acting by Denis Diderot (1883)
"And how do you make out the difference between ^ a tartufe and the Tartufe ? J THE FIRST. Billard, the clerk, is a tartufe; Grizel, the abbe, is a tartufe, ..."

2. Dramatic Essays by John Forster, George Henry Lewes, Robert William Lowe, William Archer (1896)
"There are those who wonder why Lady Tartufe disappointed the Parisians. ... Lady Tartufe herself has some admirable touches, touches which reveal not only a ..."

3. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"... PREFACE TO Tartufe 2 [Préface (to) Tartufe] (1669) ... I am well aware that, in reply, those gentlemen have endeavored to insinuate that the stage is ..."

4. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"... PREFACE TO Tartufe 2 [Préface (to) Tartufe} (1669) ... I am well aware that, in reply, those gentlemen have endeavored to insinuate that the stage is ..."

5. Famous First Representations by Henry Sutherland Edwards (1886)
"CHAPTER II, MOLIERE'S "Tartufe." THE first representation of Moliere's great satirical comedy is chiefly remarkable, not for anything which took place ..."

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