Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hypocrite, especially one who affects religious piety.
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- noun A religious
hypocrite
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Le tartuffe oubliait aussi de signaler la guerre de Sécession [1861-1865] [1.5 millions de morts ?]
LSE and cosmopolitan liberalism - The Austrian Economists 2007
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Tartuffe, the question: "Et tartuffe?" repeated every few moments, affords us the distinct sensation of a spring being released.
Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic Henri Bergson 1900
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Cervantes has given us ‘quixotic’; Swift ‘lilliputian’; to Molière the French language owes ‘tartuffe’ and ‘tartufferie’.
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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"She had a recipe for chocolate tartuffe that conductors would request in advance."
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2J'ai déjà entendu , il y a peu , un "Austrian Economist" de chez nous s'horrifier comme vous de la Vendée 130 000 morts au plus , ce tartuffe qui faisait l'apologie de la douce Révolution US "omettait" de signaler le génocide concomitant de 30 millions d'Indien.
LSE and cosmopolitan liberalism - The Austrian Economists 2007
TechnoMom commented on the word tartuffe
a religious hypocrite. Named after the protagonist in Molière's play Tartuffe (1686).
October 31, 2007
uselessness commented on the word tartuffe
Funny play. My college theatre group did a (modernized, I think) run of it and promoted it with fliers emblazoned with with "Get Tartuffified!" across the top.
Edit: I am surprised to see that my linked word above is already listed, which leads me to believe my college didn't, in fact, make it up. I am crestfallen.
October 31, 2007
reesetee commented on the word tartuffe
Wait! Maybe you know Eilonwy and you're from the same college theatre group!
October 31, 2007
john commented on the word tartuffe
Maybe your college made it up, and it caught on, eh?
October 31, 2007
uselessness commented on the word tartuffe
I have no idea who Eilonwy is in real life, but I wasn't personally in the college theatre group... I meant, rather, the theatre group of the college which I attended. And I watched them perform Tartuffe. I did have a friend who was in that show. Perhaps Eilonwy is my friend? Alas, s/he seems to have moved on from Wordie and I may never find out...
Nevertheless, I am going to Google Tartuffified and see what I can see.
October 31, 2007
uselessness commented on the word tartuffe
Okay, I'm back. Lots of Google hits. Guess my college wasn't as clever as it purported to be. But y'all will be happy to know that the fifth search result is the Wordie page. :-P
October 31, 2007
reesetee commented on the word tartuffe
Ha! Well, as you said on the merch page, Google got pwned.
October 31, 2007