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Noun: Tartuffe  taa(r)'tûf or taa(r)'toof
  1. A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Molière)
    - Tartufe

Derived forms: Tartuffes

Type of: dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony [N. Amer], pretender

Encyclopedia: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur