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TARTUFE
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• TARTUFE (noun)
The noun TARTUFE has 1 sense:
1. a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
Familiarity information: TARTUFE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Tartufe; Tartuffe
Hypernyms ("Tartufe" is a kind of...):
dissembler; dissimulator; hypocrite; phoney; phony; pretender (a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives)
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