tartuffe

[tahr-toof, -toof, tar-tyf] / tɑrˈtʊf, -ˈtuf, tarˈtüf /

NOUN

hypocrite

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deceiver hypocrite pretender

STRONG

actor backslider bigot bluffer casuist charlatan cheat crook decoy dissembler dissimulator fake faker four-flusher fraud humbug impostor informer malingerer masquerader mountebank pharisee phony playactor poser quack smoothie sophist swindler trickster two-timer

WEAK

attitudinizer con artist lip server two-face wolf in sheep's clothing

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tartuffe

Jack Cade was a boor, Cromwell a tartuffe, Bolivar a politician, Mazzini a theorist.

From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George

Saying this, the female tartuffe retired to her chamber, to prepare for her secret departure.

From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío