This week's theme: eponyms. tartuffe (tahr-TOOF) noun
A hypocrite who feigns virtue, especially in religious matters. [After the main character in Tartuffe, a play by Molière, pen name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673). As if to prove themselves, the religious authorities in Paris had the play banned soon after it was introduced.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=tartuffe -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Tony Blair is like Harold Wilson, an empty vessel whose strength derives from his emptiness. (Religion is so often a substitute for depth.) Because he is a Tartuffe who does not really believe in anything, he is brilliant at seizing advantage; when he can't manipulate events, he surfs over them." A.N. Wilson; Further Trials of Teflon Tony; The Evening Standard (London, UK); May 19, 2003. Sponsors' messages: You help your students reach their full potential - now reach yours. Earn your MAEd from Dominican University - 100% Online. http://DominicanU.com/WS Enjoy being fit, healthy? Like guilt free eating? Make animals friends and not your food. Check out http://stutigargblog.blogspot.com ............................................................................ The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry. -Lao Tzu, philosopher (6th century BCE) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/tartuffe.mp3 Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/tartuffe.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
