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Tartuffe

[ tahr-toof, -toof; French tar-tyf ]

noun

plural Tartuffes
  1. (italics) a comedy (1664–69) by Molière.
  2. Also °Õ²¹°ù·³Ù³Ü´Ú±ð. (often lowercase) a hypocritical pretender to piety.


Tartuffe

/ tÉ‘ËˈtÊŠf; -ˈtuËf /

noun

  1. a person who hypocritically pretends to be deeply pious
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Derived Forms

  • °Õ²¹°ùˈ³Ù³Ü´Ú´Ú¾±²¹²Ô, adjective
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of Tartuffe1

from the character in the Molière's comedy Tartuffe (1664)
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Moliere’s “Tartuffe†concerns the fallout in a family after an aging patriarch falls under the spell of a religious con artist.

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Trump’s pious façade is not unlike that of Molière’s character Tartuffe in his 1664 play, whose subtitle is "The Imposter."

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He also had a leading rolein a Broadway production of Molière’s “Tartuffe.â€

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On the main stage of the Comédie-Française in Paris, where the production will transfer in the fall, the company could simply repurpose the very similar set of Ivo van Hove’s 2022 “Tartuffe.â€

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But a current production of “Tartuffe,†presented by the theater company Molière in the Park, drawing from the playwright’s original version, takes a different approach.

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