'Tartuffe' definitions:
Definition of 'Tartuffe'
(from WordNet)
noun
A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) [syn: Tartuffe, Tartufe]
Definition of 'Tartuffe'
From: GCIDE
- Tartuffe \Tar*tuffe"\, Tartufe \Tar*tufe"\, n. [F. tartufe.] A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. [1913 Webster] Tartuffish
Synonyms of 'Tartuffe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affecter,
- canter,
- canting hypocrite,
- dissembler,
- dissimulator,
- fair-weather friend,
- false friend,
- formalist,
- Holy Willie,
- hypocrite,
- Joseph Surface,
- lip server,
- lip worshiper,
- Mawworm,
- mealymouth,
- Pecksniff,
- Pharisee,
- pharisee,
- phony,
- pietist,
- pious fraud,
- poser,
- ranter,
- religionist,
- religious hypocrite,
- sanctimonious fraud,
- sniveler,
- snuffler,
- spiritual humbug,
- summer soldier,
- whited sepulcher