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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
tartuffe
 
SYLLABICATION:tar·tuffe
PRONUNCIATION:  tär-tf, -tf
VARIANT FORMS: also tar·tufe
NOUN: A hypocrite, especially one who affects religious piety.
ETYMOLOGY:After the protagonist of Tartuffe, a play by Molière.
OTHER FORMS:tar·tuffe·ry —NOUN
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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