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Tartuffe
[tahr-toof, -toof, t
noun
plural
Tartuffes(italics)a comedy (1664–69) by Molière.
(often lowercase)Also Tartufe a hypocritical pretender to piety.
Tartuffe
/ tɑːˈtʊf, -ˈtuːf /
noun
a person who hypocritically pretends to be deeply pious
Other 51Թ Forms
- ղˈٳܴڴھ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Tartuffe1
Example Sentences
Moliere’s “Tartuffe” concerns the fallout in a family after an aging patriarch falls under the spell of a religious con artist.
Trump’s pious façade is not unlike that of Molière’s character Tartuffe in his 1664 play, whose subtitle is "The Imposter."
He also had a leading rolein a Broadway production of Molière’s “Tartuffe.”
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.”
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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