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Meaning of "Tartuffian" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TARTUFFIAN

Tartuffian  [tɑːˈtʊfɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TARTUFFIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tartuffian is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TARTUFFIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Tartuffian in the English dictionary

The definition of Tartuffian in the dictionary is of or resembling a person who hypocritically pretends to be deeply pious.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TARTUFFIAN


Christadelphian
ˌkrɪstəˈdɛlfɪən
Delphian
ˈdɛlfɪən
didelphian
daɪˈdɛlfɪən
epitaphian
ˌɛpɪˈtæfɪən
Falstaffian
fɔːlˈstɑːfɪən
firn
fɪən
gumphion
ˈɡʌmfɪən
Memphian
ˈmɛmfɪən
monodelphian
ˌmɒnəʊˈdelfɪən
Morphean
mɔːˈfɪən
nymphal
ˈnɪmfɪən
ornithodelphian
ˌɔːnɪθəˈdɛlfɪən
Orphean
ˈɔːfɪən
Paphian
ˈpeɪfɪən
Riffian
ˈrɪfɪən
Rifian
ˈrɪfɪən
ruffian
ˈrʌfɪən
saffian
ˈsæfɪən
sharifian
ʃəˈriːfɪən
Tartufian
tɑːˈtʊfɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TARTUFFIAN

Tartarus
Tartary
tartily
tartine
tartiness
tartish
tartishly
tartlet
tartly
tartness
tartrate
tartrated
tartrazine
Tartu
Tartufe
Tartuffe
Tartufian

WORDS THAT END LIKE TARTUFFIAN

Adrian
Asian
Australian
Brazilian
Brian
Bulgarian
Canadian
Christian
Egyptian
Halafian
humgruffian
Hungarian
Indian
Indonesian
Italian
Korsakoffian
lesbian
Russian
shereefian
sherifian

Synonyms and antonyms of Tartuffian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Tartuffian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TARTUFFIAN

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The translations of Tartuffian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Tartuffian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Tartuffian
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Tartuffian
570 millions of speakers

English

Tartuffian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Tartuffian
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Tartuffian
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Tartuffian
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Tartuffian
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Tartuffian
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Tartuffian
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tartuffian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tartuffian
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Tartuffian
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Tartuffian
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tartuffian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tartuffian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Tartuffian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टार्टफिअन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tartuffian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Tartuffian
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tartuffian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Tartuffian
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tartuffian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Tartuffian
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Tartuffian
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Tartuffian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Tartuffian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Tartuffian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TARTUFFIAN»

The term «Tartuffian» is used very little and occupies the 184.564 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TARTUFFIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Tartuffian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TARTUFFIAN»

Discover the use of Tartuffian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Tartuffian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Book News
The Tartuffian Age. By Paul Mantegazza. Translated by W. A. Nettleton, assisted by Prof. L. D. Ventura. i6mo, 90 cents; by mail, 98 cents. In this work Mantegazza demonstrates that ours is essentially the age of hypocricsy — the "Tartuffian Age.
‎1890
2
The Church Review (New York, N.Y. : 1890)
The Tartuffian Age. By PAUL MANTEGAZZA. Translated by W. A. NETTLETON, assisted by Prof. L. D. VENTURA. Boston : Lee and Shepard. It is a great relief to turn from the ponderous tomes of dry-as-dust divines, whom it is the misfortune of  ...
Henry Mason Baum, 1890
3
First supplement to the catalogue of the Portland Public ...
Manning, A. (Mrs. Rathbone.) Faire gospeller, Mistress Anne Askew. N. Y., 10°. 118.25 — Maiden and married life of Mary Powell, afterwards Mistress Milton. N.Y., 10°. 118.24 Mantegazza, P. Tartuffian age. Bos., 1890. 10°. 2338.15 Hantell .
Portland Public Library (Portland, Me.), 1896
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Jill and Jack
(which charitable wish, be it observed, was of quite another kind from the Tartuffian aspirations of the stepmother). And as the sooner she knew how matters really stood, the better, she should drive over to Castle Manor and try and see Jill, that ...
Elizabeth Amy Dillwyn, 1887
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The Atlantic Monthly
woven the conventional vesture of what Paolo Mantegazza calls our " Tartuffian age." From the cradle to the grave, says the Italian professor, we live in an atmosphere of lies, that feed and clothe and flatter us, amuse us when annoyed, soothe ...
‎1890
6
The Living Age
At this memorable interview Trotzky tried all his comedian's tricks, all his Tartuffian resources. With tears in his eyes and a theatrical choke in his voice he spoke of France and of Alsace-Lorraine. Worthy of LENIN AND TROTZKY 91.
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1918
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Catalogue of the J. Morgan Slade library and other ...
The Tartuffian age. X 9287.6. National Women's Christian Temperance Union. f Minutes of isl-4th convention, 1874-77. X 8696.*. — t Minutes of 16th annual meeting, 1889. X S6g6.a. Platt. Life. X 9354./. Schopenhauer. Counsels and maxims.
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Library, James Morgan Slade, 1892
8
Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions, 1857-1957: ...
... pre-Biafran period were seen as less religiously zealous and demonstrative publicly as their Roman Catholic counterparts who on the other hand were perceived as more openly sacramental and often perceived by the former as tartuffian.
Augustine Senan Ogunyeremuba Okwu, 2010
9
The Mind Crime of August Saint: A Novel
Joab Rossa faced him, pudgy stoop in shoulders as if that tartuffian priesthood he so delighted in mimicking had become ingrown, pipe gripped interrogatively, mockingly, between teeth. "Joab! but how unexpected!" "Well of course, men antic.
Alain Arias-Misson, 1993
10
The correspondence of Theodosius and Constantia, from their ...
flights of.enthusiasm, and the rage of fanatit; zeal ; the sudden impulses of devotional rapture, and the wild reveries of Tartuffian dreamers; all these are the fruits of insane imagination, and cannot proceed from that pure andpeaceable Spirit ...
John Langhorne, 1766

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TARTUFFIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Tartuffian is used in the context of the following news items.
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Elections And The Beauty Of Democracy
He was encapsulated by tartuffian party agents who pretended they loved him but were the actual backstabbers – a worm in the cola-nut syndrome. The then ... «Nigerian Observer, Feb 15»
2
Progressives battle, Harper smiles
The truculent Mr. Mulcair picked apart Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, portraying him as a silk-stockinged, Tartuffian lightweight. He didn't actually cite Molière's ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 14»
3
Billionaire Democratic Donor Targets Business Blogger
... Allied, in addition to putting Einhorn himself briefly in the crosshairs of both the federal regulator and Tartuffian then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. «National Review Online, Mar 14»
4
Classic con artistry in 'Tartuffe' and 'Music Man,' and plays for the …
The family's anti-Tartuffian strategy sessions yield nothing at first, simply driving Orgon to raise the stakes by threatening to marry off his daughter to the intruder. «LA Observed, Feb 14»
5
Arthur Miller Outlived His Critics
Twice arraigned for indecency himself, he defends Karen Finley against her Tartuffian congressional critics ("Anyone who covers herself in chocolate needs all ... «The New Republic, Oct 13»
6
Fantoma lui Pavel Apostol
Domnul în cauză are şi bani, mulţi bani, nu face nici un secret din potenţa lui financiară, îşi exhibă în chip tartuffian bogăţia, se consideră protejat de bunăstarea ... «Adevărul, Feb 13»

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