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tartuffian

tartuffian adjective: hypocritical.

Adjective

tartuffian (comparative more tartuffian, superlative most tartuffian)

  1. hypocritical

Forms of tartuffian

comparativemore tartuffian
superlativemost tartuffian

Origin of tartuffian

From tartuffe + -ian.

Questions about tartuffian

What does tartuffian mean?
Tartuffian means hypocritical.
What part of speech is tartuffian?
Tartuffian is an adjective.

Words near tartuffian in the dictionary

  1. tartufes
  2. tartuffe
  3. tartufferies
  4. tartuffery
  5. tartuffes
  6. tartuffian
  7. tartuffish
  8. tartuffism
  9. tartuffite
  10. tartufi
  11. tartufian

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